- Date
- July 28, 1977
- Place
- Trinidad, CO · TRINIDAD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N244VBeech D-18S
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770728033289A
- Case key
- 201260
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4068 77/7/28 TRINIDAD,CO BEECH D-18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 14881 TIME - 1749 N244V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2131 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS ANIMAS CO. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,NM KANSAS CITY,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- R ENG FUEL STRAINER LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N244V
- Reported as
- Beech D-18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Animas Co.
N244VRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2011 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.