- Date
- August 30, 1974
- Place
- Berlin, NH · BERLIN, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N74WGBeech B19
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740830028809A
- Case key
- 136923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2650 74/8/30 BERLIN,NH BEECH B19 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 51, 77 TOTAL TIME - 0935 N74WG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERLIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BERLIN,NH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL SELECTOR POSITIONED BETWEEN TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR VALVE BETWEEN OFF AND R TANK.ACFT STRUCK DITCH ON A FARM FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74WG
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berlin
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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.