- Date
- March 8, 1965
- Place
- Smithland, KY · SMITHLAND, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9627RBeechcraft M-35
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0071 65/3/8 SMITHLAND KY BEECHCRAFT M-35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3000 TIME - 1650 N9627R PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 750 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT OCCUPATION OIL PRODUCER.HOLE BURNED THRU #2 CYL PISTON.ENG HAD BEEN BURNING EXCESSIVE OIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9627R
- Reported as
- Beechcraft M-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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