# Accident 19790809025139A: Beech B24R, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, August 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1979, 18:06 local time
- Place: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4547° N, 66.7353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arecibo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4547&lon=-66.7353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24678, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24678-1979-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 50 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790809025139A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FUEL SELECTOR JAMMED BETWEEN TANKS. HANDLE CAME OFF. ENGINE STOPPED SHORT OF AIRPORT ON FINAL APPROACH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA79FKA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKA11), Aug 9, 1979: Beech B24R (N24678), Arecibo, PR, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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