- Date
- July 18, 1976
- Place
- West Milford, NJ · WEST MILFORD, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5600SBeech V35
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760718030309A
- Case key
- 154643
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2424 76/7/18 WEST MILFORD,NJ BEECH V35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 2411 TIME - 0958 N5600S PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1220 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NAIROBI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLIP,NY HONESDALE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL SYSTEM CONTAMINATED BY FOREIGN MATTER.CG AFT OF LIMIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5600S
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nairobi
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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.