- Date
- September 8, 1969
- Place
- College Sta, TX · COLLEGE STA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7980DBeech H35
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155649
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3853 69/9/8 COLLEGE STA,TEX BEECH H35 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1740 N7980D PX- 0 0 2 DUAL AGE 38, 783 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTERWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE STA,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ARPT TFC PATTERN,FUEL EXHAUSTED R TANK,SWITCHED TO L TANK,UN RESTART ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7980D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Easterwood
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