19830917049299A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 19A · New Cumberland, PA · September 17, 1983

Date
September 17, 1983 · 12:30 local
Place
New Cumberland, PA
Airport
Capital City
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2330U
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC83FA245
Reported as
Beech 19A
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
316 total4 in this make and model1 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.

Unable to sustain flight due to overload. Descended nose high into wires over a street. Burned on impact.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT DUE TO OVERLOAD. DESCENDED NOSE HIGH INTO WIRES OVER A STREET. BURNED ON IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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