- Date
- August 21, 1976
- Place
- El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6137NBeech B23
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760821035599A
- Case key
- 149766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3258 76/8/21 NR.EL MONTE,CA BEECH B23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 165 TIME - 1635 N6137N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL MONTE,CA CATALINA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COLLAPSED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR AIR DUCT HOSE WAS BEING SUCKED FLAT BY ENGINE OPERATION. LND HARD ON FIRING RANGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6137N
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.