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MKC71AK011

1970-09-05 · WASECA, Minnesota, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N4388D has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BLASKIE DANIEL R DRAGONFLY VIKING ACF), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
BEECH E50 · N4388D
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
D
Airport
DEICHEN
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000EH38
Total time
1,808 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
5,000
Age
70

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

LL DOWN. GR IN TRANSIT. OBS ON LOW,SLOW APCH.

Investigator remarks

FUEL SELECTORS-L ENG OFF,R ENG ON MAIN. FLAPS FU

Cause factors

  • 64/C/32 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL Cause
  • 88/C/96 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FUEL STARVATION Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 88/K/22 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POORLY PLANNED APPROACH Joint factor
  • 88/K/07 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2315. Source file NTSB_1970_3_2315.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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