# Incident 20110918022109I: Beech V35, East Haven, CT, September 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2011, 10:34 local time
- Place: East Haven, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2636° N, 72.8889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2636&lon=-72.8889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N275BM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N275BM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 688 total, 98 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11IA521](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11IA521) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110918022109I

## Narrative

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

N275BM, BONANZA, BE-V35 DEPARTED  TWEED-NEW HAVEN AIRPORT (BDR) NEW HAVEN, CT APPROX 10AM 18 SEP 2011, ON RUNWAY 2 AND CLEARED TO 6000 FEET AT 330 DEGREES. UPON REACHING ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF 6000 FT PIC STATED HE SAW SMOKE THEN THE WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH OIL AND HE HEARD A THUD. AT THIS TIME HE ADVISED ATC OF HIS LOSS OF POWER AND INITIATED A TURN BACK TO HVN. HE FLEW BACK AND LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 14 AND AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY DEPARTED THE SURFACE APPROX 45 FT INTO THE PHRAGMITES VEGETATION, AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES TO HIMSELF OR HIS PASSENGER.

## 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 ERA11IA521](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11IA521), Sep 18, 2011: Beech V35 (N275BM), New Haven, CT, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The in-flight fatigue failure of the engine’s crankshaft, which resulted in the separation of the forward portion of the crankshaft and the propeller.

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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