- Date
- February 8, 1980
- Place
- Portville, NY · PORTVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44CMBeech V35A
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800208002559A
- Case key
- 131435
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0877 80/2/8 PORTVILLE,NY BEECH V35A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2135 TIME - 1910 N44CM PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NO 2 CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLY FAILED-ACFT SLID INTO BRUSH/SMALL TREES DRG FORCED LNDG AT NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44CM
- Reported as
- Beech V35A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.