- Date
- December 19, 1983, 19:56 local (Dec 20, 1983, 01:56 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3706WBeech BE-77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831219064799A
- Case key
- 12515
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft made a forced landing on a highway when the engine quit after less than an hour of flight time following departure. The wings were damaged during the landing. After the accident an FAA maintenance inspector opened both main tank drains and drained only 1/3 of a pint of fuel from both tanks. The fuel lines and carburetor contained no fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3706W
- Reported as
- Beech BE-77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA-178
- Airframe hours
- 995
- Engine
- Lycoming D-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nathan R. Carlson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- C16 · Urbana, IL
- Destination
- 418 · Indianapolis, IN
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,179 total · 63 in this make and model · 1,034 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -9 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.