- Date
- July 10, 1978
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N278DUBeech 65-A90
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780710042909A
- Case key
- 140432
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4402 78/7/10 AURORA,CO BEECH 65-A90 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1046 N278DU PX- 5 0 0 CORP/EXEC 25, 2715 TOTAL HOURS, 810 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO RICHFIELD,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L ENG BOOST PUMP INOP,SWITCH OFF.CROSSFEED OFF.APRX 700# OVR MAX GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N278DU
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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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.