- Date
- October 29, 1974
- Place
- Augusta, ME · AUGUSTA, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9704QBeech A24R
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741029039389A
- Case key
- 142886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3882 74/10/29 AUGUSTA,ME BEECH A24R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1325 N9704Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 58, 18000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUGUSTA STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUGUSTA,ME PORTLAND,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM 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 FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GASKET ON BOTTOM OF FUEL FLOW DIVIDER PN12407.4 BULGED INTO FUEL INTAKE CHANNEL CAUSING DISRUPTION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9704Q
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Augusta State
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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.