- Date
- August 21, 1967
- Place
- Sparta, MI · SPARTA, MI
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N343NFBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1145 67/8/21 SPARTA,MICH BEECH 65 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1522 N343NF PX- 4 0 0 CTR PASSG-D 52, 15665 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 578 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENG LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. PLT CONTINUED FLT,LOST CONTROL DURING LOW ALT BANK. ACFT STRUCK TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N343NF
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sparta