- Date
- March 10, 1965
- Place
- Bridgeport, WV · BRIDGEPORT, WV
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N844KBeechcraft E-18S
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0250 65/3/10 NR.BRIDGEPORT W VA BEECHCRAFT E-18S CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0821 N844K PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 47, 9042 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1069 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENEDUM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 29 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT STRUK RISNG TERAIN 1-1/2 MILES BYND RUNWY AFTR TOFF IN HVY SNOW STRM.IMPCT 98-FT ABV RUNWY EL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N844K
- Reported as
- Beechcraft E-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Benedum
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