Plane Crash List

Beechcraft 65-A90 N114CW

28 March 1984 · Rangely, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 March 1984 at about 23:48 local time, a Beechcraft 65-A90 registered N114CW was involved in an accident near Rangely, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:48
Classification
Accident
Location
Rangely, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
Rangeley (4V0)
Coordinates
40.0801, -108.7694
Aircraft
Beechcraft 65-A90
Registration
N114CW
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Denver
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN84FA119

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF ON A LEFT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE, A POWER LOSS ON BOTH ENGINES OCCURRED. BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A FORCED LANDING IN A MUDDY SAGEBRUSH COVERED FIELD. THE PLT HAD REFUELED THE ACFT & HAD FAILED TO DRAIN THE FUEL STORAGE TANK & ACFT FUEL TANKS BEFORE TAKEOFF. FUEL THAT WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED IT WAS A MIXTURE OF FUEL, WATER & PARTICLES THAT RESEMBLED RUST. FUEL EXTRACTED FROM THE STORAGE TANK INTO A 5 GAL BUCKET CONTAINED RUST PARTICLES, & WHEN MEASURED, CONTAINED 12 INCHES OF WATER & 1 INCH OF FUEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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