- Date
- June 17, 1966
- Place
- Lowden, IA · LOWDEN, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3751NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2731 66/6/17 NR.LOWDEN IOWA BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 600 TIME - 1730 N3751N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOWDEN AIR PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- TIP OF ONE PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED, EVIDENCE OF LOOSE RIVETS. INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3751N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lowden Air Park
N3751NRegistration cancelled Apr 17, 2013 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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