- Date
- March 4, 1978
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N342NBeech B65
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19780304012389A
- Case key
- 79380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0446 78/3/4 NORFOLK,VA BEECH B65 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1133 N342N PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 37, 4441 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 15 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA MYRTLE BEACH,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: RELAYS AND WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ARCING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- RT ENG STARTER RELAY CONTACT POINTS FUSED TOGETHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342N
- Reported as
- Beech B65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norfolk Intl
N342NRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2017 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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Other investigations on N342N · 1
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