- Date
- April 23, 1974
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6270VBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740423011709A
- Case key
- 170188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1171 74/4/23 ROANOKE,VA BEECH D55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1312 N6270V PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 31, 3200 TOTAL HOURS, 250 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODRUM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD ROANOKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM ELECTRICAL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ASYMETRICAL FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- R FLAP ACTUATOR JACKSCREW ATTACH BRACKET FAILD FM SIDE FORCES DRG RETRACTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6270V
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodrum Field
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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.