# Accident 19890723024549A: Beech 77, Cluster Springs, VA, July 23, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1989, 13:40 local time
- Place: Cluster Springs, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PIQR
- Location: 36.6045° N, 78.9231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cluster Springs, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6045&lon=-78.9231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18257, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18257-1995-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 77 (registry code 1153007, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO89FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890723024549A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED LOOSING POWER EN ROUTE. PANICED. CRASHED INTO POND. FOUND FEUEL CAP OFF. SIPHONED 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 BFO89FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89FA062), Jul 23, 1989: Beech 77 (N18257), Cluster Springs, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM AN ADEQUATE PREFLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNLATCHED FUEL FILLER CAP. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MONITOR THE FUEL SUPPLY DURING THE FLIGHT.

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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