- Date
- August 9, 1979
- Place
- Arecibo, PR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24678Beech B24R
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790809025139A
- Case key
- 133764
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3541 79/8/9 ARECIBO,PR BEECH B24R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 167 TIME - 1800 N24678 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARECIBO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR MAYAGUEZ,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL VLV,PN 169-920000-61-127 STUCK IN INTMD PSN.HANDLE BROKE & SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24678
- Reported as
- Beech B24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arecibo
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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