- Date
- October 24, 1980
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3133WBeech F33A
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801024058289A
- Case key
- 128047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3548 80/10/24 INDIANAPOLIS,IN BEECH F33A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2273 TIME - 1407 N3133W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 976 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANAPOLIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN WARSAW,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: DISTRIBUTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3133W
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indianapolis Intl
N3133WRegistration cancelled Jul 15, 2013 · Beech F33AAirframe modelBeech F33AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N3133W · 1
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