- Date
- May 4, 1979
- Place
- Lordsburg, NM · LORDSBURG, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5494UBeech 35-C33
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790504008919A
- Case key
- 135748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1488 79/5/4 LORDSBURG,NM BEECH 35-C33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2173 TIME - 1000 N5494U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 279 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORDSBURG,NM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LORDSBURG,NM LONGBEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRESSURE LINE TO FUEL CONTROL ASSY SEPD FROM AN FITTING IN CONTROL ASSY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5494U
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lordsburg,Nm
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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.