- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72MBBeech A36
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625017109A
- Case key
- 141368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1682 78/6/25 OLATHE,KS BEECH A36 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2590 TIME - 1046 N72MB PX- 0 1 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 196 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EXECUTIVE JOHNSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WY OLATHE,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXTURE CONTROL NOT IN FULL RICH POSITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72MB
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Executive Johnson
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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.