Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 31 MAR 1974 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 99 |
| Operator: | Air South |
| Registration: | N848NS |
| C/n / msn: | U- 77 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | St. Simons Island, GA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Brunswick-Malcolm McKinnon Airport, GA (SSI/KSSI), United States of America |
| Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), United States of America |
The Beech 99 was taxiing for takeoff when a fire erupted near the power distribution panel. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Undetermined." Sources:
» NTSB
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Brunswick-Malcolm McKinnon Airport, GA to Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA as the crow flies is 395 km (247 miles).
Distance from Brunswick-Malcolm McKinnon Airport, GA to Atlanta Municipal Airport, GA as the crow flies is 395 km (247 miles).
