- Date
- June 22, 1988, 22:30 local (Jun 23, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Seymour, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7892RBeech V35A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880622022749A
- Case key
- 13913
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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
Aircraft was in cruise flight at 6500 feet when engine began to run rough. Pilot navigated to nearest airport and made intentional gear-up landing with cruise power. Postcrash investigation revealed number 2 exhaust valve had failed and become wedged between the cylinder and piston top, cracking the cylinder head at the barrel threads.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7892R
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D8944
- Airframe hours
- 2,313
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John R. Martins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1988 · 149 hours before
- Departed
- DKX · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- 3CK · Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SER · Freeman Muni, runway 4, 5,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,630 total · 540 in this make and model · 1,875 as pilot in command · 163 in the last 90 days · 49 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.