- Date
- January 22, 1978
- Place
- Litchfield, MN · LITCHFIELD, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4426DBeech G35
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780122018859A
- Case key
- 142873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1982 78/1/22 LITCHFIELD,MN BEECH G35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 170 TIME - 1345 N4426D PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITCHFIELD MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITCHFIELD,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: PROPELLER GOVERNOR CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SWITCH, PROPELLER PIICH CHANGE, P/N8712K2.LOST RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4426D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Litchfield Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.