- Date
- January 24, 1971
- Place
- Belle Vernon, PA · BELLE VERNON, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8742MBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0630 71/1/24 BELLE VERNON,PA BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 445 TIME - 1823 N8742M PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 94 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSTRAVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLE VERNON,PA BUTLER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TKOF RPM 2300.NR 2 IGNITION LEAD L MAG WOULD NOT FIRE,HALF OF RMVD SPARK PLUGS NOT FIRING PROPERLY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8742M
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rostraver
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