- Date
- July 30, 1977
- Place
- Avoca, PA · AVOCA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5530DBeech 35H
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770730022359A
- Case key
- 145482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3323 77/7/30 AVOCA,PA BEECH 35H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 600 TIME - 1530 N5530D PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCRANTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVOCA,PA BLOOMSBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE INJECTOR SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5530D
- Reported as
- Beech 35H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Scranton
N5530DRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5530D · 1
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