# Accident 19810316010479A: Beech B24R, Salem, OR, March 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1981, 20:18 local time
- Place: Salem, OR
- Airport: Mcnary
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9095° N, 123.0025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MCNARY FLD (SLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9095&lon=-123.0025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9369S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9369S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B24R (registry code 1151253, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,851 total, 88 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYM81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYM81) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810316010479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. CRASH-LANDED OFF AIRPORT. NO DEFECTS FOUND. POSSIBLE MISUSE OF MIXTURE CONTROL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA81FYM81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYM81), Mar 16, 1981: Beech B24R (N9369S), Salem, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9369S (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940115001779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940115001779I), Jan 15, 1994: Beech B24R (N9369S), Salem, OR, Minor damage. Narrative: airplane co-owner and PIC departed 7S5 to sle, the airplane's home base, on a short approximately 12 minute flight in visual meterological…
- [Incident 19840611029459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840611029459I), Jun 11, 1984: Beech B24R (N9369S), Eugene, OR, Minor damage. Aircraft porpoised 4 times on landing before the nose gearbroke off.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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