- Date
- August 5, 1979
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6040MBeech C-90
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790805042199A
- Case key
- 133824
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3906 79/8/5 INDIANAPOLIS,IN BEECH C-90 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 12463 TIME - 1750 N6040M PX- 1 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORDIA,KS INDIANAPOLIS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PWR SCHEDULE PLT USED EXCEEDED MAX STRUCTURAL CRUISING SPD.INCREASED FUEL CONSMPIN RATE 100LBS/HR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6040M
- Reported as
- Beech C-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Indianapolis Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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