- Date
- September 1, 1974
- Place
- Alliance, OH · ALLIANCE, OH
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3776NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740901040389A
- Case key
- 138608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3923 74/9/1 ALLIANCE,OHIO BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 716 TIME - 1018 N3776N PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA KENOSHA,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: VACUUM SYSTEM FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- VACUM PUMP INOP.ON TOP DSCNDD THRU CLDS,BETTER WX AHEAD.VACUM SYS MOD NOT IN ACCORD ACPTD PRACTICE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3776N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3776N · 2
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