- Date
- February 25, 1975
- Place
- Hermiston, OR · HERMISTON, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7878RBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750225012159A
- Case key
- 148110
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1422 75/2/25 HERMISTON,OR BEECH D55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 3480 TIME - 1530 N7878R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERMISTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HERMISTON,OR SPOKANE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 82 GALS ON BOARD. FUEL STARVATION SUSPECTED,SOURCE UNDET.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7878R
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hermiston
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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.