- Date
- January 19, 1980
- Place
- Bogota, NJ · BOGOTA, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1946WBeech B19
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800119001019A
- Case key
- 131509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1579 80/1/19 BOGOTA,NJ BEECH B19 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N1946W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TETERBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ MONTAUK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MIX CONTROL FOUND IN CLOSED POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1946W
- Reported as
- Beech B19
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Teterboro
N1946WRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2009 · Beech B19Airframe modelBeech B19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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