- Date
- August 17, 1965
- Place
- Cambridge, MD · CAMBRIDGE, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N159LBeechcraft C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2553 65/8/17 CAMBRIDGE MD BEECHCRAFT C-45H CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1154 N159L PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 44, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMBRIDGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N159L
- Reported as
- Beechcraft C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cambridge
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