- Date
- October 17, 1969
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5000SBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3659 69/10/17 MACON,GA BEECH D18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0910 N5000S PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC 45, 15335 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COVINGTON,GA DOUGLAS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BOTH ENGS FAILED.OIL SHUT OFF VALVE TO R ENG FOUND PARTLY CLOSED,L ENG WAS CLOSED.LND ON GOLF CRSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5000S
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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