- Date
- January 15, 1966
- Place
- Maui, HI · MAUI, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86454Beech SNB-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0011 66/1/15 MAUI HAWAII BEECH SNB-5 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10000 TIME - 0247 N86454 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT FLEW PAST DESTINATION AT NIGHT RESULTING IN FLIGHT OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86454
- Reported as
- Beech SNB-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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