- Date
- March 20, 1973
- Place
- Winter Haven, FL · WINTER HAVEN, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N330BBeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730320010749A
- Case key
- 163266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0511 73/3/20 WINTER HAVEN,FLA BEECH G35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2800 TIME - 1730 N330B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CYPRESS GARDENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ENG CUT OUT NEAR SUITABLE ARPT.PLT DITCHED AT TOO HI SPEED. ACFT BOUNCED OFF LAKE INTO BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N330B
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cypress Gardens
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N330B · 1
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