- Date
- July 11, 1974
- Place
- Anacortes, WA · ANACORTES, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8888VBeech D95A
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19740711043819A
- Case key
- 79375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4352 74/7/11 NR.ANACORTES,WASH BEECH D95A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1522 TIME - 1128 N8888V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAYVIEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CAMPBELL RIVER,BC KLAMATH FALLS,OREG BELLINGHAM,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CAUSE OF FIRE IN HEATER SYSTEM NOT DETERMINED.COMBUSTION AIR HOSE,PLENUM CHAMBER FOUND BURNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8888V
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bayview
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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.