- Date
- February 26, 1965
- Place
- Desert Center, CA · DESERT CENTER, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3091CBeechcraft K-35
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1906 65/2/26 DESERT CENTER CAL BEECHCRAFT K-35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 1650 TIME - 1100 N3091C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 812 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO 2 LINK ROD FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3091C
- Reported as
- Beechcraft K-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N3091C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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