- Date
- November 23, 1970
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9926RBeech 35-33
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4203 70/11/23 AVALON,CALIF BEECH 35-33 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 153 TIME - 1612 N9926R PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SANTA ANA,CALIF RETURN AVALON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L TANK EMPTY. FUEL SELECTOR ON L TANK. FUEL QUANTITY SELECTOR SET ON R TANK. NO FUEL IN LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9926R
- Reported as
- Beech 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Catalina
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