- Date
- December 10, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101VBeech 65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841210065539A
- Case key
- 31216
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, aprx 20 min after departure at 4,000 to 5,000 ft the left eng failed followed 10 min later by a power loss in the right eng. During the desc the right eng restarted momentarily but only ran for about 1 min. The plt ditched near a sailboat whose occupants rescued the plt and pax. The acft sunk in about 8 ft of water. When recovered investigators found that the left prop was not feathered. The right prop was separated from the eng at the front gear case. In the separation sequence the prop punctured holes in the wing outboard of the right eng nacelle. Fuel samples taken from trucks at the dep arpt were satisfactory
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101V
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LC-67
- Airframe hours
- 39,786
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-480A1B6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bernardo Valiente
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 24, 1984
- Departed
- MTH · Marathon, FL
- Destination
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Marathon
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,397 total · 144 in this make and model · 10,011 as pilot in command · 1,047 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 30 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.