- Date
- September 27, 1981
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N919XBeech H18S
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810927063479A
- Case key
- 122881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2946 81/9/27 GILLETTE,WY BEECH H18S CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2045 N919X PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 32, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, 50 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 EXH VALVE 0.250 CLEARANCE,ALL OTHERS NORMAL AT APRX 0.010. NR 5 EXH VALVE SPRING BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N919X
- Reported as
- Beech H18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette Campbell
N919XRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Beech H-18Airframe modelBeech H-18Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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Other investigations on N919X · 1
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