- Date
- March 30, 1979
- Place
- Wickenburg, AZ · WICKENBURG, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N255MBeech 55
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790330014749A
- Case key
- 137093
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1107 79/3/30 WICKENBURG,AZ BEECH 55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1892 TIME - 1430 N255M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 47 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICKENBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EL PASO,TX WICKENBURG,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L MAIN FUEL TANK FULL,R MAIN AND R AUX DMGD,L AUX EMPTY.PLT SWITCHED TO AUX AT CRUISE ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N255M
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wickenburg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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