- Date
- November 13, 1981
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20MBeech T-34
- Status
- Completed · report December 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811113082989A
- Case key
- 136466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2780 81/11/13 LANSING,MI BEECH T-34 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1309 TIME - 1559 N20M PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LANSING,MI LOCAL OVID,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC REMARKS- FUEL GAUGE INACCURATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20M
- Reported as
- Beech T-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.