- Date
- March 24, 1978
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N257ABeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780324034269A
- Case key
- 142774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0710 78/3/24 PHILADELPHIA,PA BEECH G35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 450 TIME - 2002 N257A PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - N.PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA RETURN READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N257A
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- N.Philadelphia
N257ARegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2009 · Beech G35Airframe modelBeech G35Engine modelContinental E225 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.