- Date
- May 17, 1977
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18Beech 65-80
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0005 77/5/17 NR.TACOMA,WA BEECH 65-80 CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N18 PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 35, 2840 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WA EUGENE,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPERLY SERVICED AIRCRAFT (GROUND CREW) COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES REMARKS- PLT REQUESTED FULL FUEL LOAD,MAINS NOT SERVICED.ENGS RESTARTED ON AUX TANKS,CONTINUED TO DESTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18
- Reported as
- Beech 65-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N18Registration cancelled May 15, 2025 · Hawker Beechcraft C90GTIAirframe modelHawker Beechcraft C90GTI
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