- Date
- January 24, 1970
- Place
- Medina, OH · MEDINA, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2943BBeech D-35
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 143086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0444 70/1/24 MEDINA,OHIO BEECH D-35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 140 TIME - 1200 N2943B PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLOUGHBY,OHIO WILLOUGHBY,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: STARTERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STARTER PINION-PIVOT,PN930948,RETAINING BOLTS LOOSE.STARTER,CRANKSHAFT,CAMSHAFT GR TEETH GRND OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2943B
- Reported as
- Beech D-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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