- Date
- October 4, 1978
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N24023Beechcraft C24R
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781004040119A
- Case key
- 138290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3710 78/10/4 NR.SUGAR GROVE,IL BEECHCRAFT C24R CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1735 N24023 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 47, 2443 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 60 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGAR GROVE,IL SUGAR GROVE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING DUAL STUDENT - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT TANK. LEFT TANK EMPTY.RIGHT TANK UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24023
- Reported as
- Beechcraft C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aurora
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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.