- Date
- August 9, 1979
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N105ACBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133826
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3913 79/8/9 FLUSHING,NY BEECH D55 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1643 N105AC PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 25, 4280 TOTAL HOURS, 31 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGUARDIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY ATLANTIC CITY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL SELECTOR VLVS PSND TO AUX TANKS.FLT MAN RSTRD USE OF AUX TANKS TO LVL FLT. LNDD 600FT FM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N105AC
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Laguardia