- Date
- March 14, 1972
- Place
- Galena, AK · GALENA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N567ZBeech 35C33A
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0018 72/3/14 GALENA,ALAS BEECH 35C33A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1018 N567Z PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC AGE 42, 5869 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 17 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,ALAS GALENA,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: OTHER POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOBBS HR METER PRESS XMTR INSTALLED NR BOTTOM OF OIL COOLER SEPD.LNDD ON FROZEN,SNOW CVRD RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N567Z
- Reported as
- Beech 35C33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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