- Date
- July 31, 1977
- Place
- Morris, IL · MORRIS, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3842NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770731026659A
- Case key
- 146268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2218 77/7/31 MORRIS,IL BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 224 TIME - 1400 N3842N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORRIS,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: INDUCTION AIR,PREHEAT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLEXIBLE AIR DUCT COLLAPSED BECAUSE VALVE IN ALTERNATE AIR VALVE ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3842N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Strip
N3842NRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3842N · 1
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