- Date
- January 29, 1979
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23644Beech 58P
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790129005729A
- Case key
- 137607
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0582 79/1/29 NR.AMARILLO,TX BEECH 58P CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0701 N23644 PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS AGE 37, 4166 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 70 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA FALLS,TX DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH CACTUS AND SMALL BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23644
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.