37.7260° N, 77.6783° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockville, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 16, 1981 · 11:30 local
Place
Rockville, VA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N70CM
Reported as
Beech B35
Reported engine
Continental E1858
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,800 total1,100 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot declared an emergency when nr 1 cylinder failed in level flight. Landed safely at Rockville, VA, airport.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN NR 1 CYLINDER FAILED IN LEVEL FLIGHT. LANDED SAFELY AT ROCKVILLE, VA, AIRPORT.