- Date
- May 13, 1964
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN · MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1555VBeechcraft D18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1269 64/5/13 MINNEAPOLIS MINN BEECHCRAFT D18S CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2000 N1555V PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 39, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4000 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - OPERATED CARELESSLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- CO-PILOT DROPPED HOT CIGARETTE ASH THROUGH RUDDER PEDAL OPENING ONTO OIL SOAKED SOUND PROOFING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1555V
- Reported as
- Beechcraft D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wold-Chamberlain
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