- Date
- May 8, 1984, 10:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N741HBeech 65-80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840508016409A
- Case key
- 30991
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he did not check the acft fuel visually prior to departure. About 10 minutes after takeoff, while using auxiliary fuel tanks, the right eng lost power. The plt selected crossfeed & the eng restarted. He then turned off the right fuel valve. During a downwind entry for landing, both engs lost power. The plt then turned off the left fuel valve & both eng boost pumps. Attempts to glide to the arpt were unsuccessful & the acft crash landed off the arpt. An inspection of the acft after the accident revealed that the auxiliary tanks were empty, but the main tanks contained 14 gals each. The fuel selector valves & boost pump switches were in the off position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N741H
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LD-118
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-A1A, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark D. Brown
- Registered owner
- Robert Blackworth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PBI · West Palm Bch, FL
- Destination
- OPF
- Airport
- OPF · Opa-Locka, runway 9L, 8,002 × 200 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,010 total · 34 in this make and model · 1,741 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 39 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N741H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.