# NTSB UNK65X1470: Beechcraft E-18S, N844K, Bridgeport, WV, March 10, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 10, 1965
- Place: Bridgeport, WV · BRIDGEPORT, WV
- Location: 39.3030° N, 80.2432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3030&lon=-80.2432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179265
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1470
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1470

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N844K-1965-04-28), registration cancelled 1965-04-28, S/N BA207 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT E-18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Benedum

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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