- Date
- March 8, 1974
- Place
- Lake Havasu, AZ · LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N711LBBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740308010769A
- Case key
- 186250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0930 74/3/8 LAKE HAVASU,ARIZ BEECH D35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2100 TIME - 1615 N711LB PX- 0 1 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAVASU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TORRANCE,CALIF LAKE HAVASU,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT CHG FUEL SEL VALVE HNDL TO MAIN TANK.HNDL ONLY ROTATED.FUEL SEL VALVE REMND ON AUX TANK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711LB
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Havasu
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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.