- Date
- September 15, 1976
- Place
- Port Townsend, WA · PORT TOWNSEND, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N670DBeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760915031339A
- Case key
- 155675
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3096 76/9/15 PORT TOWNSEND,WA BEECH A35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 348 TIME - 1145 N670D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 118 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORKS,WA PORT TOWNSEND,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MIXT FND JAMMED IN IDLE-CUTOFF POSITION.FUEL SELECTOR FND IN OFF PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N670D
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson County
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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.
Other investigations on N670D · 1
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