- Date
- June 5, 1975
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2314ZBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750605014869A
- Case key
- 148712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1554 75/6/5 CHESTERFIELD,MO BEECH 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 116 TIME - 1855 N2314Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT ST LOUIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAINT LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BOGUS PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOST L FUEL CAP INFLT 6/1/75 ACFT PARKED OUTSIDE IN RAIN 6/1/75-6/4/75 WITH RAG STUFFED IN OPENING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2314Z
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spirit St Louis
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2314Z · 1
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