- Date
- July 9, 1980
- Place
- Spring Valley, NY · SPRING VALLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16WBeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800709025269A
- Case key
- 129377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3493 80/7/9 SPRING VALLEY,NY BEECH C35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 310 TIME - 1745 N16W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAMAPO VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPRING VALLEY,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL SEL IN AUX POS,UNAPPROVED MERCURY AUX FUEL TK HAD RESIDUAL FUEL ONLY.STEEP L TURN AFT TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16W
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ramapo Valley
N16WRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Beech C35Airframe modelBeech C35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N16W · 1
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