- Date
- March 19, 1978
- Place
- Carrabassett, ME · CARRABASSETT, ME
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5789KBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780319018889A
- Case key
- 142126
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1869 78/3/19 CARRABASSETT,ME BEECH S35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1727 N5789K PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARRABASSETT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARRABASSETT,ME POUGHKEEPSIE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES REPORTED ACFT APPEARED UNSTABLE DRG CLIMB OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5789K
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carrabassett
N5789KRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Beech S35Airframe modelBeech S35Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.