- Date
- May 14, 1975
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2312WBeech A23A
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750514015729A
- Case key
- 148814
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1441 75/5/14 NR.FORT WORTH,TX BEECH A23A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1189 TIME - 1820 N2312W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSSELL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- L WNG TIP DROPPED AT TOUCHDOWN AND DUG INTO RUNWAY FUEL SEL POS ON EMPTY TANK AT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2312W
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Russell Field
N2312WRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Beech A23AAirframe modelBeech A23AEngine modelContinental IO-346 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2312W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA93LA116Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFort Myers, FLTotal loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and poor preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to request winds aloft during the weather briefing.NTSB MIA67D0553Accident · No injuriesClosedButler, GA