- Date
- September 11, 1979
- Place
- Olean, NY · OLEAN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9406YBeech N35
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790911043729A
- Case key
- 133305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3667 79/9/11 OLEAN,NY BEECH N35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 500 TIME - 1519 N9406Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GIERMEK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLEAN,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT FAILED AT FATIGUE CRACK,80% THRU,LONG CRANKCHEEK BTN NO 1 & NO 2 CRANK PINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9406Y
- Reported as
- Beech N35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Giermek
N9406YRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2009 · Beech N35Airframe modelBeech N35Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.