- Date
- July 12, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mcalester, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N399VBeech C-45-H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840712064689A
- Case key
- 21395
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Analysis
About 40 miles from Mcalester arpt, the lt eng lost pwr & was shutdown. While attempting a precautionary ldg at the arptthe rt eng lost all pwr. While making an emergency descent the plt attempted to stretch the glide. The acft collided with trees 300 ft short of the rwy. An examination of the airplane's fuel system revealed that the fuel inlet screens were blocked with particulate & biological comtaminants. The acft had been flow only three hrs during the past two or more yrs & its fuel tanks had not been drained or cleaned during that time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N399V
- Reported as
- Beech C-45-H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF487
- Airframe hours
- 7,060
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331-47A, 575 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Graham Kendall Acft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 23, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- MLC · Mcalester, OK
- Destination
- 2DT · Oklahoma City, OK
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 8 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 133 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N399V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.