- Date
- October 16, 1975
- Place
- Basking Ridge, NJ · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8398DBeech J35
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751016032499A
- Case key
- 151531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3501 75/10/16 BASKING RIDGE,NJ BEECH J35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 2780 TIME - 1830 N8398D PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 274 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARASOTA,FL BASKING RIDGE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: SELECTOR VALVES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL HANDLE DISCONNECTED.A-905 PIN AND COTTER PIN NOT FOUND HIT ABV GND SWIMMING POOL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8398D
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Somerset Hills
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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.