- Date
- August 11, 1977
- Place
- Westport, CT · WESTPORT, CT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N850EXBeagle B.206S
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770811035279A
- Case key
- 145919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2987 77/8/11 WESTPORT,CT BEAGLE B.206S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2001 N850EX PX- 1 3 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 30, 4027 TOTAL HOURS, 157 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MA WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RPRTD ENG TROUBLE AT 1956,ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N850EX
- Reported as
- Beagle B.206S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N850EXRegistration cancelled Jan 19, 1978 · Beagle B.121 SERIES 1Airframe modelBeagle B.121 SERIES 1
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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.