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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35BEECH · Lancaster, NY · November 3, 1986

Date
November 3, 1986 · 15:00 local
Place
Lancaster, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3079V
Reported as
Beech 35BEECH
Reported engine
Continental E1851
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total15 in this make and model15 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.

Engine quit after leveling off at 2000 feet, forced landing in muddy field. Cause of engine failure undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 2000 FEET, FORCED LANDING IN MUDDY FIELD. CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE UNDETERMINED.