- Date
- April 11, 1974
- Place
- Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Injuries
- 11 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28358Beech H18S
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740411043469A
- Case key
- 170205
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4039 74/4/11 NR.HILO, HAWAII BEECH H18S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0941 N28358 PX- 10 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 25, 4490 TOTAL HOURS, 522 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEAHOLE,HAWAII KAHULUI,MAUI,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO MTN SLOPE.RECOVERY DATE 4/12/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28358
- Reported as
- Beech H18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.