- Date
- December 18, 1966
- Place
- Ampthill, VA · AMPTHILL, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N80361Beech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3915 66/12/18 AMPTHILL VA BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 2817 TIME - 1542 N80361 PX- 0 0 2 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 216 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARNELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT INADVERTENTLY ACTUATED THE FUEL-INJECTOR SHUT OFF SWITCHES. SIMULATED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80361
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Parnell
N80361Registration cancelled Oct 23, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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