- Date
- June 4, 1979
- Place
- Traverse City, MI · TRAVERSE CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6561RBeech 24R
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790604030779A
- Case key
- 135607
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3545 79/6/4 TRAVERSE CITY,MI BEECH 24R CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0947 N6561R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 537 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 53 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY CAPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CITY,MI TRAVERSE CITY,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- WITNESS HEARD ENG RESTART JUST BFR ACFT HIT GROUND. ADEQUATE FUEL FOUND IN ALL TANKS & LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6561R
- Reported as
- Beech 24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cherry Capital
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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.