- Date
- December 8, 1974
- Place
- Lampasas, TX · LAMPASAS, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4243DBeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741208040549A
- Case key
- 145011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4060 74/12/8 LAMPASAS,TEX BEECH G35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6900 TIME - 1250 N4243D PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMPASAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LLANO,TEX FT WORTH,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- CON ROD FAILED.PUNCHED HOLE IN CRANKCASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4243D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lampasas
N4243DRegistration cancelled Nov 1, 2005 · Beech G35Airframe modelBeech G35Engine modelContinental E225 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.