- Date
- January 17, 1978
- Place
- New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9801ZBeech C45H
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780117033669A
- Case key
- 143247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0398 78/1/17 NEW CASTLE,DE BEECH C45H CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1312 N9801Z PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 46, 28100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 7650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER WILMINGTO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISBURG,PA PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS FREEZING RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9801Z
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Wilmingto
N9801ZRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Beech C-45HAirframe modelBeech C-45HEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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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.