19780426011979A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech F33A · La Grande, OR · April 26, 1978

Date
April 26, 1978
Place
La Grande, OR
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4515A
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA78FYM28
Reported as
Beech F33A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total2,400 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

No eng malfunction found. Plt informed that vacuum instruments woue inop for flight.

As the FAA filed it

NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.PLT INFORMED THAT VACUUM INSTRUMENTS WOUE INOP FOR FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.