- Date
- July 12, 1977
- Place
- Ponce, PR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99JLBeech 65B80
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770712032289A
- Case key
- 145937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2803 77/7/12 NR.PONCE,PR BEECH 65B80 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1130 N99JL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 34, 10000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT INAGUA,BAHAMAS ST CROIX,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DITCHED ABT 32MI SSE PONCE VOR.BOTH FUEL FLOWMETERS,L ENG ALTERNATOR INOP.WET COMP 20-30DEG ERROR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99JL
- Reported as
- Beech 65B80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.