- Date
- June 6, 1981
- Place
- Canutillo, TX · CANUTILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5447NBeech D17S
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810606045839A
- Case key
- 125516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1213 81/6/6 CANUTILLO,TX BEECH D17S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 600 TIME - 1500 N5447N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CIELO DORADO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX CANUTILLO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5447N
- Reported as
- Beech D17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cielo Dorado
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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.