- Date
- March 9, 1979
- Place
- Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18957Beech C-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790309009039A
- Case key
- 137081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1064 79/3/9 ORLANDO,FL BEECH C-23 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1355 TIME - 2004 N18957 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERNDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FL RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL FOUND IN L OFF POSITION,4 POSITION SEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18957
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Herndon
N18957Registration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.