- Date
- December 7, 1979
- Place
- Wellston, OK · WELLSTON, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3018CBeech J35
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791207034829A
- Case key
- 133609
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3031 79/12/7 WELLSTON,OK BEECH J35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 649 TIME - 1500 N3018C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 346 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK TULSA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: GOVERNORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RPM-UNCONTROLLABLE-OVERSPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP GOV PILOT VALVE SHAFT SCORED.PLT SHUT ENG DOWN AFTR OVERSPEED.HIT ROAD SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3018C
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.