- Date
- May 3, 1978
- Place
- Middletown, OH · MIDDLETOWN, OH
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3290VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780503040979A
- Case key
- 141563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3609 78/5/3 MIDDLETOWN,OH BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, UNK/NR TIME - 2020 N3290V PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- VITREOUS ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.102%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3290V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hook Field
N3290VRegistration cancelled Sep 23, 2023 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3290V · 1
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