- Date
- May 14, 1974
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8814MBeech B55
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740514038829A
- Case key
- 170198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3455 74/5/14 CLEVELAND,OHIO BEECH B55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1529 N8814M PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC 47, 4184 TOTAL HOURS, 6 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURKE LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OHIO GRAND RAPIDS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- R PROP FEA.ENG CKD,R OK,L MIXT FULL RICH MAX RPM 1800-1850.LDG GR INTRANSIT PSN.WIND GUSTING 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8814M
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Burke Lakefront
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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.