- Date
- September 28, 1979
- Place
- Sumter, SC · SUMTER, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N646BBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790928036629A
- Case key
- 133654
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3103 79/9/28 SUMTER,SC BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 4690 TIME - 1131 N646B PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1567 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHAW AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUMTER,SC COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ABORTED TKEOFF AFTER LIFTOFF FOL MOMENTARY POWER INTERRUPTION ON ONE ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N646B
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shaw Afb
N646BRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Beech D18SAirframe modelBeech D18SEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N646B · 1
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