- Date
- November 5, 1972
- Place
- Quincy, IL · QUINCY, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3956NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3235 72/11/5 QUINCY,ILL BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 278 TIME - 1630 N3956N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - QUINCY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWLING GREEN,OHIO OLATHE,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND 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- BROKEN FUEL SELECTOR VALVE SHAFT PART NUMBER 35-921175.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3956N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Quincy Muni
N3956NRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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Other investigations on N3956N · 2
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