- Date
- June 5, 1977
- Place
- Bealton, VA · BEALTON, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1980MFleet 1
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770605013099A
- Case key
- 146815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3554 77/6/5 BEALTON,VA FLEET 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 10965 TIME - 1715 N1980M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CIRCUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEALTON,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1980M
- Reported as
- Fleet 1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Circus
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.