- Date
- May 12, 1973
- Place
- Palm Beach, FL · PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N956BBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730512017579A
- Case key
- 190149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1712 73/5/12 NR. PALM BEACH,FLA BEECH 65 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 5400 TIME - 1434 N956B PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST PALM BEACH,FLA KEYSTONE HEIGHTS,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT ON FERRY WITH GR FIXED DWN DUE TO PREV ACDT.R ENG FAILED DRG LDG APCH,PREV FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N956B
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N956BRegistration cancelled Jun 15, 2017 · Beech 65Airframe modelBeech 65Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N956B · 2
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