- Date
- June 17, 1985, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boscobel, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18382Beech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850617025799A
- Case key
- 13095
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,camshaft - fatigueCause
Maintenance - improperCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The engine failed on final approach. The aircraft did not clear a wooded area resulting in an uncontrolled descent. The camshaft had failed at the number 1 journal oil groove.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18382
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D10051
- Airframe hours
- 2,357
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Consultant Physcians In Pathol
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1984 · 157 hours before
- Departed
- 60C · Elroy, WI
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,715 total · 1,681 in this make and model · 2,500 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.