- Date
- December 6, 1981
- Place
- Portland, TX · PORTLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N336ABeech A-36
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811206078969A
- Case key
- 122918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2985 81/12/6 PORTLAND,TX BEECH A-36 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 612 TIME - 1315 N336A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TX WICHITA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CAMSHAFT FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N336A
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N336ARegistration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Beech A36Airframe modelBeech A36Engine modelContinental IO-520 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.