- Date
- July 28, 1978
- Place
- Ranger, TX · RANGER, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4574NBeech D-17S
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780728024259A
- Case key
- 140703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2255 78/7/28 RANGER,TX BEECH D-17S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 190 TIME - 1930 N4574N PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ODESSA,TX FT WORTH,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MASSIVE INTERNAL DESTRUCTION OF ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4574N
- Reported as
- Beech D-17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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