- Date
- March 29, 1970
- Place
- Brownsburg, IN · BROWNSBURG, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N327DBeech S-35
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1575 70/3/29 BROWNSBURG,IND BEECH S-35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 491 TIME - 1530 N327D PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 212 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP TULSA,OKLA ANN ARBOR,MICH FORT WAYNE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 ROD,CAP SEP DUE FAILURE ROD BOLTS,PUNCTURING CRANKCASE.FWD VSBY OBSTD DUE OIL ON WINDSHIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N327D
- Reported as
- Beech S-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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