- Date
- September 13, 1978
- Place
- Gordon, NE · GORDON, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8965ABeech C35
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139684
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2780 78/9/13 GORDON,NE BEECH C35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 521 TIME - 1330 N8965A PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 485 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GORDON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GORDON,NE NEWCASTLE,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PITCH MALFUNCTION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PROP FOUND IN MID-PITCH POSITION,NORMAL TKOK-LOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8965A
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gordon Muni
N8965ARegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Beech C35Airframe modelBeech C35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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