- Date
- February 9, 1968
- Place
- Key West, FL · KEY WEST, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2377WBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0300 68/2/9 KEY WEST,FLA BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 651 TIME - 1300 N2377W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMERLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2377W
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summerland
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Other investigations on N2377W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA92FA173Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportPicayune, MSThe failure of the pilot in command to place the fuel selector on the fullest tank, resulting in an engine failure due to fuel starvation over unsuitable terrain.NTSB IAD70F006MAccident · Serious injuriesClosedMaryland Line, MD