- Date
- October 1, 1978
- Place
- Wrightstown, NJ · WRIGHTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3898NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781001040109A
- Case key
- 138218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4462 78/10/1 WRIGHTSTOWN,NJ BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 265 TIME - 1224 N3898N PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGUIRE AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOVER,DE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL IN L TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3898N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcguire Afb
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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.