- Date
- June 15, 1968
- Place
- Vergennes, VT · VERGENNES, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9597QBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2155 68/6/15 VERGENNES,VT BEECH 95-C55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 7275 TIME - 1230 N9597Q PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BASIN HARBOR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT MADE RUNNING T/O,ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BEFORE VMC SPEED REACHED. LEFT ENG FAILED. LOW FUEL TANK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9597Q
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Basin Harbor
N9597QRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 1971 · Beech 95-C55Airframe modelBeech 95-C55Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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