- Date
- May 1, 1965
- Place
- Opa-Locka, FL · OPA-LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8902ABeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178026
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0270 65/5/1 OPA-LOCKA FLA BEECH D18S CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1810 N8902A PX- 0 3 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 11500 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8902A
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Opa Locka
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