- Date
- May 5, 1978
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7948MBeech 35C33
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780505014109A
- Case key
- 147468
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0901 78/5/5 VANCOUVER,WA BEECH 35C33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 3500 TIME - 1407 N7948M PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSON AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WA OLYMPIA,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FUEL INJECT LINE SEPD,LOOSE B NUT.SETTLED INTO STACKS OF WRECKED AUTOMOBILES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7948M
- Reported as
- Beech 35C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pearson Airpark
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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.