- Date
- July 8, 1965
- Place
- Litchfield, MN · LITCHFIELD, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8701MBeechcraft 23
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2212 65/7/8 LITCHFIELD MINN BEECHCRAFT 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 70 TOTAL TIME - 0900 N8701M PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITCHFIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8701M
- Reported as
- Beechcraft 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Litchfield
N8701MRegistration cancelled May 1, 2023 · Beech 23Airframe modelBeech 23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8701M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN22LA040Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedFinal reportAbilene, TXThe flight instructor’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the missing placard showing the usable fuel quantity.NTSB MKC74DER15Accident · No injuriesClosedLake Elmo, MN