- Date
- December 27, 1985, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9730RBeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34121
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - waterFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateFactor
Wheels up landing - intentionalFactor
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
The acft made a gear-up forced lndg off the arpt after a loss of power during a business flt. The acft had only been airborne for about 15 minutes. Post accident investigation discovered that the acft fuel was contaminated with water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9730R
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-6204
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Baron Av. Serv. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Baron Aviation Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- VIH · Vichy, MO
N9730RRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2005 · Beech M35Airframe modelBeech M35Engine modelContinental I0-470 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,474 total · 57 in this make and model · 56 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 10 nm away
Other investigations on N9730R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.