- Date
- March 2, 1982, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corona Del Mar, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1418GBeech 35-B33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820302001909A
- Case key
- 70344
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While climbing through 4000 feet the pilot heard a grinding noise emanating from the engine. Almost immediately thereafter the windshield was covered with oil. The aircraft was force landed in a high school baseball field with the gear up. It slid across the outfield into a home run fence. Investigation revealed that the #3 connecting rod broke and the engine case cracked.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1418G
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD 519
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-47OK, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlos F. Bernhard
- Registered owner
- Carlos F. Bernhard
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- Mulege, Mexico
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,100 total · 751 in this make and model · 5,100 as pilot in command · 129 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 175° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.