- Date
- August 10, 1976
- Place
- Somerset, PA · SOMERSET, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3557RBeech A-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760810025979A
- Case key
- 155790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2893 76/8/10 SOMERSET,PA BEECH A-23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N3557R PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 39, 1672 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOMERSET,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PIC SHUT ENG DOWN ON TKOF AT 500FT W MIX CONTROL, UNABLE TO RESTART.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3557R
- Reported as
- Beech A-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset County
N3557RRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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Other investigations on N3557R · 1
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