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IAD80FLQ04

1979-10-19 · COVINGTON, Kentucky, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N24K has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 210, built 1960), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH H18S · N24K
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D1
Operator type
E
Airport
GRTR CINCINNATI
Kind of flying
CJ

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000000BA648
Total time
4,135 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
4,690
Age
33

Investigator remarks

HIT LIGHTPOLES DRG LDG ON HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

Cause factors

  • 64/C/29 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING Cause
  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/63 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL EXHAUSTION Cause
  • 88/L/48 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2936. Source file NTSB_1979_3_2936.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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