- Date
- June 20, 1975
- Place
- Basking Ridge, NJ · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N245UCBeech 95-C55
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750620014639A
- Case key
- 149010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1201 75/6/20 BASKING RIDGE,NJ BEECH 95-C55 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3760 TIME - 1457 N245UC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1368 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEACH TREE CITY,GA LINDEN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- R AUX FUEL TANK ABT 3 GAL,R MAIN 18 GAL.FUEL SELECT R AUX.L PROP,ALL 3 BLADES RCVD SVR ROT DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245UC
- Reported as
- Beech 95-C55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Somerset Hills
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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.