Beech 77 accident near Cottage Grove, OR
On June 21, 1997, a Beech 77 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cottage Grove, OR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 21, 1997
- Place
- Cottage Grove, OR
- Aircraft
- Beech 77 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.710°N, 123.029°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X08242
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 20, 1997, approximately 1805 Pacific daylight time, a Beech 77, N6630C, collided with terrain approximately 10 miles south of Cottage Grove, Oregon, while on a 14 CFR 91 flight from Chico, California to Eugene, Oregon. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private pilot/owner of the aircraft and one passenger received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the accident area, and no flight plan had been filed for the flight. The general manager of Pacific Flight Services, Inc., Chico, California, reported that the aircraft was refueled with 19.2 gallons of 100LL aviation gasoline at 1430 on the afternoon of the accident. She stated that the accident pilot told their line service representative to fill the tanks to 1 inch from the top, and that the accident pilot personally verified the tanks were filled to the desired level and replaced the fuel tank filler caps himself. Air traffic control (ATC) records indicated that the aircraft was cleared for takeoff from Chico at 1508. The FAA indicated that there was no record of communication between the accident aircraft and any ATC or flight service station (FSS) facilities other than at Chico during the accident flight. A query to the FAA regarding the availability of ATC radar data on the accident aircraft revealed that none was available. The straight-line distance from Chico to Eugene is 267 nautical miles, and from Chico to the accident site is 238 nautical miles. The accident site was approximately 29 nautical miles south-southeast of Mahlon Sweet Airport (the Eugene a
Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion resulting from the pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a forced landing approach, resulting in a stall. A related factor was the pilot's failure to refuel.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
