- Date
- August 28, 1979
- Place
- Legrand, CA · LEGRAND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2856VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790828021699A
- Case key
- 135275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1787 79/8/28 NR.LEGRAND,CA BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0356 N2856V PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 3260 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1666 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- L WING FUEL BLADDER COLLAPSED & MADE SUCTION SOUND WHEN CAP REMOVED.FUEL CAP SEALS RCNTLY REPLACED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2856V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N2856V · 1
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