ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 126585
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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1978 |
| Time: | 22:04 |
| Type: |  Cessna 414 |
| Owner/operator: | W.W Williams Co of PA Inc |
| Registration: | N33BN |
| MSN: | 414-0079 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Mercer County Airport, Bluefield, West Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Lonesome Pine Airport, Wise, Virginia (LNP/KLNP) |
| Mercer County Airport, Bluefield, West Virginia (BLF/KBLF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Cessna 414 N33BN: Written off (destroyed) 4/8/1978 when crashed into trees near Mercer County Airport, Bluefield, West Virginia, on final approach. Cause of crash was engine failure in one engine, which, in turn (after a post crash examination) was traced to one of the engines seizing due to a total loss of oil. The total oil loss was caused by the oil sump drain plug, which was discovered to be totally missing, although the threads on the sump hole were clean and undamaged.
Of the three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) one passenger was seriously injured, and pilot and the other passenger were unhurt.
Registration N33BN cancelled by the FAA 12/12/1978
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: IAD78FIJ18 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=40123&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=33BN
3. https://nnumber.org/N33BN/
4. http://baaa-acro.sindev.ch/crash/crash-cessna-414-chancellor-west-virginia
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2018 16:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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