- Date
- March 15, 1983, 18:45 local (Mar 16, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Princton, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10HRBeech 35-C33
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830315007989A
- Case key
- 12110
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said that at 6000 feet MSL the engine began to miss and got worse. He tried to correct the situation but could not. He requested and was given vectors to the princeton arpt. The arpt was closed at the time due to snow covered ruts on the rnwy and the rnwy lights were out. He was unable to locate the rnwy and a landing was accomplished in a open area on the arpt. The acft ran into the embankment during landing roll. Post-accident exam revealed that the right magneto would not bench check satisfactorily. The spark plug center electrodes were burned down almost to the porclain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10HR
- Reported as
- Beech 35-C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD1110
- Airframe hours
- 2,240
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-K, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Episcopal Community Serv., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 28, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- STP · St. Paul, MN
- Destination
- BJI · Bemidji, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 14D · Princeton Muni
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,403 total · 1,402 in this make and model · 3,229 as pilot in command · 175 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.