- Date
- August 17, 1977
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18788Beech C23
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770817026859A
- Case key
- 158677
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2713 77/8/17 CHARLESTON,WV BEECH C23 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2100 N18788 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 1090 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 259 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL SEL TURNED TO OFF PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18788
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha County
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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.