- Date
- January 2, 1973
- Place
- Lester, WA · LESTER, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4218BBeech F35
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730102001009A
- Case key
- 169658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0266 73/1/2 LESTER,WASH BEECH F35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1380 TIME - 1326 N4218B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT LAKE CITY,UT SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT OVERFLEW PLANNED ENRTE REFUEL STOP BECAUSE FUEL GAUGES ERRONEOUSLY INDICATED ENOUGH REMAINING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4218B
- Reported as
- Beech F35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4218BRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2023 · Beech F35Airframe modelBeech F35Engine modelContinental E225 series
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Other investigations on N4218B · 1
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