- Date
- April 27, 1985, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N585BBeech A35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427051609A
- Case key
- 24708
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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
The plt performed a gear-up landing on rocky terrain after the acft windshield became covered with oil and the eng beganvibrating. Post accident investigation revealed a 6 inch crack in the crankcase near where the #4 cylinder should have been located. Half of the #4 piston was found inside the eng case and the other half was not located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N585B
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1604
- Airframe hours
- 4,083
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Salvador Martinez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 8, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- APC · Napa, CA
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,120 total · 900 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Observed at
- TRK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.