- Date
- October 8, 1981
- Place
- Montague, MA · MONTAGUE, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N753BBeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811008065849A
- Case key
- 122900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3053 81/10/8 MONTAGUE,MA BEECH A35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 4800 TIME - 1900 N753B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TURNERS FALLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POUGHKEEPSIE,NY SANFORD,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COMB FUEL SEL/WOBBLE PUMP WORN WHERE TABS ON PUMP PISTON ENGAGED SEL VLV,HNDL BENT,HARD TO ENGAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N753B
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Turners Falls
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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.