ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139627
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 02-NOV-2011 |
| Time: | 11:44am LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft F33A Bonanza |
| Operator: | Page Air Inc. |
| Registration: | N833 |
| C/n / msn: | CE-1217 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Swift Creek Reservoir, near Woodlake, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport - KCHO |
| Chesterfield County Airport - KFCI |
A Beechcraft F33A Bonanza, N833, crashed after an engine failure into Swift Creek Reservoir, near Woodlake, VA. The fuel selector on the recovered aircraft was found positioned to an empty tank.
The pilot was rescued by people with a pontoon boat.
Sources:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/nov/02/10/small-plane-crashes-swfit-creek-reservoir-ar-1429561/
http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-swift-creek-reservoir-plane-crash-20111102,0,6997527.story
http://www.nbc12.com/story/15935606/plane-crashes-into-reservoir
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20111102X44249&key=1
http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/large/547/547997.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2011 05:53 | RobertMB | Added |
| 03-Nov-2011 06:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2011 00:01 | Geno | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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