# Accident 20121125026969A: Beech S35, De Ridder, LA, November 25, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2012, 15:42 local time
- Place: De Ridder, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8567° N, 93.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8567&lon=-93.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N322D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N322D-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech S35 (registry code 1151532, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-s35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH S35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121125026969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO JENNINGS, LA, WHEN HE NOTICED CHANCE IN ENGINE SOUND. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN, SMOKE FUMES AND LOSS OF POWER.  PILOT LANDED IN FIELD WITH HIGH SINK RATE WHICH RESULTED IN STALL JUST BEFORE LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED EXTREMELY HARD, SHEARING OFF BOTH LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLOR.  ENGINE WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM MOUNT.  PILOT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INJURIES.

## 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 CEN13LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA072), Nov 25, 2012: Beech S35 (N322D), DeRidder, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to oil starvation after the oil filler cap separated from the oil filler tube during flight due to corrosion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to…

## Other reports on N322D (1)

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

- [Incident 19981023041239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981023041239I), Oct 23, 1998: Beech S35 (N322D), Wilmington, NC, Minor damage. (-5)On October 23, S998, at approx. 1455, a Beechcraft BE-35-S35, N322D, registered to fortress properties, 7411 ritchfield dr., Wilmington, NC made an…

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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