- Date
- March 31, 1978
- Place
- Salisbury, MD · SALISBURY, MD
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N313UTAero Comdr 500B
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780331018899A
- Case key
- 141870
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1312 78/3/31 SALISBURY,MD AERO COMDR 500B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1116 N313UT PX- 4 0 0 CORP/EXEC 42, 5600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2412 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLSBY-WICOMICO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,MD KNOXVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- KEROSENE MIXED WITH 100LL.TURNING BACK TO ARPT,L THROTTLE AT IDLE,CARB HT ON,CRASHED 1/2MI SHORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313UT
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Slsby-Wicomico
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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.