- Date
- August 21, 1977
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA · PITTSBURGH, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N446QBeech P35
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770821041829A
- Case key
- 145503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4172 77/8/21 PITTSBURGH,PA BEECH P35 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1452 N446Q PX- 1 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 1252 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENEY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W.MIFFLIN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT FAILED RESULT OF FATIGUE IN AREA WHERE BEARING ROTATED.LNDD ON DOWN SLOPE OF GOLF CSR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N446Q
- Reported as
- Beech P35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Allegheney Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N446Q · 1
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