- Date
- October 21, 1971
- Place
- Wasilla, AK · WASILLA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7959LBeech A23A
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164023
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4329 71/10/21 WASILLA,ALAS BEECH A23A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 101 TIME - 1740 N7959L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIC LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXHSTD FUEL,CRASH LNDD IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7959L
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bic Lake
N7959LRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Beech A23AAirframe modelBeech A23AEngine modelContinental IO-346 series
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