- Date
- June 3, 1972
- Place
- Winfield, KS · WINFIELD, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N234APBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166630
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0751 72/6/3 WINFIELD,KANS BEECH E18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N234AP PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 44, 14226 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARKANSAS CITY,KANS WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- IN FLT FIRE FROM UNDETERMINED SOURCE CAUSED L WG SEPARATION. L PROP FOUND FEATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N234AP
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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