- Date
- November 3, 1988, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Matheson, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N977KMBeech S-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881103051239I
- Case key
- 17612
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private plt and a friend were enroute for a hunting trip. Thirty miles east of a refueling stop, the pilot heard a loud knock. Oil covered the windscreen and the engine seized. The plt looked out the side window vent to select a forced landing area. A wheels up landing was performed in a grain field. After exiting the acft, the plt saw that the propeller was missing. Damage was reported as substantial, but a post incident inspection revealed minor damage. The propeller was not found but two sheared propeller bolts, p/n A-2040 were found in the cowling. In a phone conversation, a hartzell technical representative, said the proper bolt for this installation is p/n A-1328-1. He said p/n A-2040 was superseded prior to 1970. Log books show this propeller was overhauled 83 flight hrs prior to this incident. The repair shop reported that the bolts they removed were inspected and re-installed in the hub.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N977KM
- Reported as
- Beech S-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D 7366
- Airframe hours
- 2,905
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grant B. Kelley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1988 · 130 hours before
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- OOV · Falcon, CO
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 433 total · 373 in this make and model · 399 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days · 44 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.