- Date
- August 25, 1977
- Place
- Camarillo, CA · CAMARILLO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N711KWBeech 65-88
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770825039169A
- Case key
- 145476
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3969 77/8/25 CAMARILLO,CA BEECH 65-88 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N711KW PX- 1 0 0 TEST AGE 31, 5610 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 30 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMARILLO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VAN NUYS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN BRAKES,WHEEL ASSEMBLY,WHEEL WELL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* REMARKS- INFLT LOSS OF L WG. SVR FIRE L WHEEL WELL AFT OF L ENG FIREWALL. SOURCE UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711KW
- Reported as
- Beech 65-88
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Camarillo
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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.