- Date
- March 25, 1977
- Place
- San Benito, TX · SAN BENITO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N281HBeech C45H
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770325009189A
- Case key
- 157452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0759 77/3/25 SAN BENITO,TX BEECH C45H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0122 N281H PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 56, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 482 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN BENITO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOUMA,LA RETURN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 66 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT SHUT RT ENG DOWN DUE TO OIL EXHAUSTION. OIL FOUND IN TANK AFTER ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N281H
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Benito Muni
N281HRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2009 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N281H · 2
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