- Date
- January 4, 1975
- Place
- Salem, AR · SALEM, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1297ZBeech N35
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750104000299A
- Case key
- 170761
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0073 75/1/4 SALEM,AR BEECH N35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 900 TIME - 1440 N1297Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALEM,AR HORSESHOE BEND,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.PLT REPORTEDLY STATED BFR TKOF FUEL LOW.ACFT OUT OF ANNUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1297Z
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salem
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1297Z · 2
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