- Date
- October 12, 1981
- Place
- Bedford Park, IL · BEDFORD PARK, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8286DBeech B95A
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811012069379A
- Case key
- 123385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2743 81/10/12 BEDFORD PARK,IL BEECH B95A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 380 TIME - 1054 N8286D PX- 1 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 280 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,VA CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) 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 - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL GAUGE MALF RPTD BY PLT.L FUEL SEL ON CROSSFEED,R ON MAIN.R EMPTY L CONTAINED 15GALLONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8286D
- Reported as
- Beech B95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Midway
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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.