- Date
- November 13, 1971
- Place
- Birmingham, AL · BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N277QBeech 65-A80
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164627
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4496 71/11/13 BIRMINGHAM,ALA BEECH 65-A80 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 1278 TIME - 0840 N277Q PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 927 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRMINGHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,ALA ATHENS,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ALTERNATORS NOT TURNED ON AFTER ENG START,BATTERY DEPLETED.GR EXTN PIN NOT IN POS TO ENGAGE LEVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N277Q
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birmingham
N277QRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Beech 65-A80Airframe modelBeech 65-A80Engine modelLycoming IGSO-540-B1A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.