- Date
- November 4, 1975
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N221MJBeech C90
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751104040529A
- Case key
- 151518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3636 75/11/4 CHARLESTON,WV BEECH C90 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 4596 TIME - 0814 N221MJ PX- 4 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 3923 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WV WILMINGTON,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT CAME TO REST IN WOODS DOWNHILL OF DIRT BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N221MJ
- Reported as
- Beech C90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha
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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.