- Date
- July 6, 1991, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wickenberg, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N334EBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910706026249A
- Case key
- 27273
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot, who had a total of 75 hours of aeronautical flight experience, reported that during climb the airplane's fuel injected engine lost all power. The pilot further reported that she was unsuccessful at restarting the engine, and she made a forced landing on rough terrain. According to the FAA inspectors who subsequently examined the airplane's fuel system, engine, and accessories, no discrepancies were found. The engine was successfully test run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N334E
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE1468
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB18, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cutter Aviation, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- E25 · Wickenburg, AZ
- Destination
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 30 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.