- Date
- August 23, 1967
- Place
- Northway, AK · NORTHWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9421YBeech N35
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114527
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0875 67/8/23 NORTHWAY,ALAS BEECH N35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 540 TIME - 1614 N9421Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 366 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIRAL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON DEPOSITS WEATHER - RAIN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-08-25-67.CRANKCASE BREATHER CLOGGED W/CARBON AND BURNED OIL,FORCING OIL FROM ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9421Y
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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