- Date
- March 10, 1967
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5959SBeech A23
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118078
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0752 67/3/10 CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA BEECH A23 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N5959S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 46, 13000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR RAPIDS MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PIECE OF RUBBER BAFFLE SEAL CAME LOOSE AND WAS SUCKED INTO LOWER CARB HEAT SHROUD AND HEAT BOX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5959S
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids Muni
N5959SRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Beech A23-19Airframe modelBeech A23-19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.