- Date
- March 12, 1973
- Place
- Portal, AZ · PORTAL, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72QBeech C-45
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730312005829A
- Case key
- 170461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1538 73/3/12 PORTAL,ARIZ BEECH C-45 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 4975 TIME - 2000 N72Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 725 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LONG BEACH,CALIF EL PASO,TEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- LND ON UNLTD UNIMPROVED TERRAIN FOR UNDET REASON. PLT NOT MULTI-ENG RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72Q
- Reported as
- Beech C-45
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N72QRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2021 · Beech C-45GAirframe modelBeech C-45GEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N72Q · 1
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