- Date
- March 10, 1973
- Place
- Opelika, AL · OPELIKA, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N14BWBeech A23-19
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730310009569A
- Case key
- 170543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1054 73/3/10 OPELIKA,ALA BEECH A23-19 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 135 TIME - 1158 N14BW PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STOVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUBURN,ALA OPELIKA,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL INLET HOSE AT CARB REMOVED,FOUND VOID OF FUEL.T/D ABT 100FT BFR END OF RWY.HIT TREES,STUMPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14BW
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stover
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N14BW · 1
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