- Date
- September 10, 1978
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7320DBeech 60
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780910030399A
- Case key
- 139726
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2847 78/9/10 SANTA ANA,CA BEECH 60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1755 N7320D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 30, 2989 TOTAL HOURS, 7 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FULLERTON,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: BATTERIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED REMARKS- NI-CAD BATTERY SHORTED OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7320D
- Reported as
- Beech 60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange County
N7320DRegistration cancelled May 27, 2022 · Beech 60Airframe modelBeech 60Engine modelLycoming TI0-541 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7320D · 1
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