- Date
- October 1, 1980
- Place
- Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6620Beech 3NM
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801001057129A
- Case key
- 128550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2786 80/10/1 NR.HILO,HI BEECH 3NM CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0740 N6620 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 41, 1979 TOTAL HOURS, 794 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAKALAU DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KONA,HI HILO,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6620
- Reported as
- Beech 3NM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hakalau
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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.