- Date
- July 1, 1979
- Place
- Chinese Camp, CA · CHINESE CAMP, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5244MBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790701014619A
- Case key
- 135629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1193 79/7/1 NR.CHINESE CAMP,CA BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 789 TIME - 0845 N5244M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OAKDALE,CA OAKDALE,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT STATED SLOW FLYING USING 40% PWR WHEN ENG LOST PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5244M
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5244M · 1
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