- Date
- April 21, 1980
- Place
- Slaton, TX · SLATON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2142WBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800421009419A
- Case key
- 131117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0548 80/4/21 SLATON,TX BEECH C23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1733 N2142W PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 2150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 80 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLATON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLATON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2142W
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Slaton
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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 N2142W · 1
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