- Date
- May 31, 1964
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N80492Beechcraft D-18S
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1498 64/5/31 MEMPHIS TENN BEECHCRAFT D-18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 7708 TIME - 1150 N80492 PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1457 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METROPOLITAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- NON-INSTRUMENT PILOT ATTEMPTED OPERATION IN BELOW VFR MINIMUM CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80492
- Reported as
- Beechcraft D-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Metropolitan
N80492Registration cancelled Feb 14, 2017 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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