- Date
- November 3, 1980
- Place
- Oroville, CA · OROVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6088SBeech A36
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0037 80/11/3 OROVILLE,CA BEECH A36 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1200 TIME - 1000 N6088S PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHLAND,CA ALBURN,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- NO 2 CYL BASE STUDS & THRU BOLTS FAILED.EVIDENCE OF FRETTING ON CYL BASE,FATIGUE OF LWR THRU BOLTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6088S
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Oroville Muni
N6088SRegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Beech A36Airframe modelBeech A36Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N6088S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW93LA097Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPlano, TXFuel starvation induced power loss resultant from failure of the pilot to switch the fuel selector to the proper fuel tank. Factors were the dark night conditions and lack of suitable terrain for a forced landingNTSB ATL85LA093Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportNew Albany, MSPIC had 1/2 hour check-out in A-36 but over 3900 total flight hours. His 14 hours in this acft was cross country flying. He stated that the fuel was kept evenly didtributed by switching the fuel selector between tanks during the nearly three hour flight. The…