- Date
- December 15, 1980
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714BBeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801215071699A
- Case key
- 128495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2973 80/12/15 NR.EL PASO,TX BEECH A35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1605 N714B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 44, 15822 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 455 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,AZ FORT STOCKTON,TX 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: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SCORED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- JACK PLATE SEPD FM HARTZELL,HC-12X20-7D PROP,A-38 BEARING EXPOSED,BALLS DRY/GALLED.HIT UNKN OBJECT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714B
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.