# Accident 19810302086709A: Beech C23, Mobile, AL, March 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1981, 14:32 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7606R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7606R-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B23 (registry code 1151240, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 451 total, 67 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810302086709A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. FAILED TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. POSSIBLE FUEL SELECTOR SETTING ERROR AND OR WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 ATL81FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA052), Mar 2, 1981: Beech B23 (N7606R), Mobile, AL, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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