- Date
- December 23, 1979
- Place
- Cloverdale, CA · CLOVERDALE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6991RBeech B24R
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791223035039A
- Case key
- 132090
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3765 79/12/23 CLOVERDALE,CA BEECH B24R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1010 N6991R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 12 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MONTEREY,CA BLI,WA MEDFORD,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - LOW CEILING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- BENDIX FUEL INJECTOR SERVO PN2524550,CENTER DIAPHRAM SHAFT SEAL PN2529188 FOUND WORN & RUPTURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6991R
- Reported as
- Beech B24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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