- Date
- February 28, 1965
- Place
- Sonora, TX · SONORA, TX
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5974VBeechcraft C-18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0079 65/2/28 NR.SONORA TEX BEECHCRAFT C-18S CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2145 N5974V PX- 4 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 62, 2326 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-03/03/65.DISORIENTATION OVER DARK SPARCELY LIGHTED TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5974V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft C-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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