- Date
- June 18, 1974
- Place
- Visalia, CA · VISALIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1708WBeech S35
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740618017109A
- Case key
- 128218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1752 74/6/18 NR.VISALIA,CALIF BEECH S35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 1124 TIME - 1515 N1708W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 188 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREEN ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF VISALIA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SLIPPED ACFT WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL IN TANK PER AD 70-3-5 & UNCOVERED PORT.LND IN COTTON FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1708W
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Green Acres
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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.