- Date
- January 22, 1976
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5237CBeech B35
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760122001959A
- Case key
- 152778
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0432 76/1/22 ATLANTA,GA BEECH B35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 888 TIME - 1000 N5237C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEACHTREE-DEKALB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,SC ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RPTD,ON R TANK 40 MIN BFR ENG QUIT.L TANK EMPTY R FULL.FUEL SELECT/WOBBLE PUMP DWN TO ENGAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5237C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peachtree-Dekalb
N5237CRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2013 · Beech B35Airframe modelBeech B35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5237C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.