- Date
- May 28, 1980
- Place
- Maiden, NC · MAIDEN, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N704MBeech TC-45J
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800528015299A
- Case key
- 130571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2917 80/5/28 MAIDEN,NC BEECH TC-45J CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 8685 TIME - 1430 N704M PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLE MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAIDEN,NC HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PIC DID NOT VISUALLY CK FUEL TNKS BFR FLT.ACFT HAD BEEN PARTIALLY DEFUELED.R ENG LOST PWR DRG TKOF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704M
- Reported as
- Beech TC-45J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Little Mountain
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N704M · 1
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