- Date
- September 1, 1978
- Place
- Minonk, IL · MINONK, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2301JBeech 23
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780901028899A
- Case key
- 139932
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3774 78/9/1 NR.MINONK,IL BEECH 23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 106 TIME - 1845 N2301J PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLTMAN-SHUCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINONK,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CROPS. NUMBER 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVES BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2301J
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oltman-Shuck
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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.