- Date
- March 28, 1984, 16:48 local (23:48 UTC)
- Place
- Rangely, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N114CWBeech 65-A90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840328009039A
- Case key
- 16206
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after takeoff on a left downwind departure, a power loss on both engines occurred. Both main gear collapsed during a forced landing in a muddy sagebrush covered field. The plt had refueled the acft & had failed to drain the fuel storage tank & acft fuel tanks before takeoff. Fuel that was extracted from the acft after the accident revealed it was a mixture of fuel, water & particles that resembled rust. Fuel extracted from the storage tank into a 5 gal bucket contained rust particles, & when measured, contained 12 inches of water & 1 inch of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N114CW
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-114
- Airframe hours
- 7,015
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crc Colorado Well, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 16, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 4V0 · Rangeley, runway 24, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,850 total · 270 in this make and model · 10,600 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.