- Date
- July 1, 1979
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N461PBeech A60
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133822
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3883 79/7/1 NR.BELLE GLADE,FL BEECH A60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 445 TIME - 2000 N461P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,FL MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT UNABLE TO IDENTIFY MALFUNCTIONING ENG-ELECTED TO MAKE LDG IN SWAMP INSTEAD OF NEAREST AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N461P
- Reported as
- Beech A60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N461PRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Beech A60Airframe modelBeech A60Engine modelLycoming TI0-541 series
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.