19850915055289I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech S35 · Salinas, CA · September 15, 1985

Date
September 15, 1985 · 17:05 local
Place
Salinas, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N789R
Reported as
Beech S35
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total12 in this make and model250 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.

Strong engine vibration and loss of power en route. Landed on dirt road. Propeller blade pitch link had broken.

As the FAA filed it

STRONG ENGINE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF POWER EN ROUTE. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD. PROPELLER BLADE PITCH LINK HAD BROKEN.

Other reports on N789R · 1

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