- Date
- March 25, 1969
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1472LBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0553 69/3/25 TACOMA,WASH BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 101 TIME - 1245 N1472L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH TACOMA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- RT TANK EMPTY,LFT TANK APRXLY 10 GALS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1472L
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- South Tacoma
N1472LRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2023 · Beech A23Airframe modelBeech A23Engine modelContinental IO-346 series
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