About 2116 c.d.t. on August 3, 1976, a Rupp Automotive, Inc., Beechcraft Baron 58 crashed after takeoff from the Chillicothe Municipal Airport, Chillicothe, Missouri. All occupants--the pilot and five passengers--died in the crash. The aircraft was destroyed. At the airport, the night sky was dark, but clear, and the visibility was about 15 miles. After takeoff, the aircraft climbed to an altitude of between 50 and 100 feet above the runway where the left engine failed. The aircraft turned to the left, descended abruptly into a field, exploded, and burned. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the sudden failure of the airplane's left engine at a point on the takeoff flightpath where the airplane's single-engine performance in the takeoff configuration and its height above the ground combined to make the pilot's ability to sustain flight marginal.
Aircraft Accident Report - Rupp Automotive, Inc., Beechcraft Baron 58, N1553W, Chillicothe Municipal Airport, Chillicothe, Missouri, August 3, 1976
1977
25 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
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Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Takeoff , Aircraft engines , Failure , Descent , Explosions , Aircraft fires , Death , Civil aviation , Missouri , Chillicothe Municipal Airport , Chillicothe(Missouri) , Beechcraft Model 58 aircraft , Light planes