- Date
- January 24, 1978
- Place
- Dubois, PA · DUBOIS, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1BEAerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780124002999A
- Case key
- 143505
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0033 78/1/24 DUBOIS,PA AEROSTAR 601P CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1230 TIME - 2005 N1BE PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 560 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUBOIS JEFFERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBOIS,PA LANCASTER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ICE WAS FOUND IN FUEL FLOW DIVIDER AND LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1BE
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dubois Jefferson
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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.