- Date
- October 3, 1970
- Place
- Morristown, AZ · MORRISTOWN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8923MBeech 35-33
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3985 70/10/3 MORRISTOWN,ARIZ BEECH 35-33 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2596 TIME - 0730 N8923M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2441 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LAS VEGAS,NEV PHOENIX,ARIZ YUMA,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND ON MNTN RIDGE,HIT CACTUS. TANKS EMPTY. PLT BEGAN FLT PREVIOUS NITE,HAD NOT SLEPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8923M
- Reported as
- Beech 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8923MRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2003 · Beech 35-B33Airframe modelBeech 35-B33Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8923M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.