- Date
- May 6, 1981
- Place
- Los Fresnos, TX · LOS FRESNOS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3712BBeech C50
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810506023019A
- Case key
- 126759
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0676 81/5/6 LOS FRESNOS,TX BEECH C50 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 47, 3700 TIME - 0100 N3712B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MATAMOROS,MEXICO MCALLEN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RETRIEVING STOLEN ACFT FM MEXICO WO LCL AUTHORITY.L ENG COIL HIT BY BULLET.UN RET GEAR.PWR LN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3712B
- Reported as
- Beech C50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3712BRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Beech C-50Airframe modelBeech C-50Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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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.