- Date
- August 7, 1981
- Place
- Spirit Lake, IA · SPIRIT LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N805QBeech 65
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124438
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2198 81/8/7 SPIRIT LAKE,IA BEECH 65 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1720 N805Q PX- 0 4 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 63, 21500 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 7820 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT LAKE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKFORD,IL SPIRIT LAKE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT STATED L ENG MALFUNCTIONED ON FINAL.L PROP SLASH MARKS FD 21IN APART,PROP NOT FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N805Q
- Reported as
- Beech 65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spirit Lake Muni