- Date
- April 10, 1966
- Place
- Texico, NM · TEXICO, NM
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N440BBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0904 66/4/10 TEXICO N MEX BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 350 TIME - 1700 N440B PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOVIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARBURETOR ALTERNATE AIR DOOR HINGE FAILED RESULTING IN RESTRICTION OF AIR INLET
Aircraft
- Registration
- N440B
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clovis
N440BRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2012 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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.