- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Ft.Ruby, NV · FT.RUBY, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6103NBeech B-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625014959A
- Case key
- 141230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1481 78/6/25 FT.RUBY,NV BEECH B-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 864 TIME - 1510 N6103N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT.RUBY,NV BAKERSFIELD,CA TONOPAH,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LANDED IN SAGE BRUSH OFF END OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6103N
- Reported as
- Beech B-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fort Ruby
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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.