- Date
- July 18, 1970
- Place
- Friendswood, TX · FRIENDSWOOD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41UBeech B50
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110693
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3208 70/7/18 FRIENDSWOOD,TEX BEECH B50 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 1160 TIME - 1415 N41U PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX FRIENDSWOOD,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DID NOT FEATHER ENG.MADE ENG OUT GO-AROUND,ACFT ON RWY.CRASH LNDD WHEELS DOWN ON GRASSY FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41U
- Reported as
- Beech B50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clover Field
N41URegistration cancelled Nov 7, 2012 · Beech B50Airframe modelBeech B50Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
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.