- Date
- September 12, 1983, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Potomac, MD
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9196SBeech B-24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19830912063969I
- Case key
- 15794
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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 acft made a forced landing in a field of rye grass after the engine lost power. Investigation revealed that a connecting rod had failed. An FAA inspection revealed that the connecting rod retaining bolts were not properly torqued during a recent major overhaul. The owner did not file a 6120.1 report because this was not an 'accident'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9196S
- Reported as
- Beech B-24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Maryland Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IAD · Herndon, VA
- Destination
- Easton, MD
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,250 total · 650 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.