- Date
- May 1, 1980
- Place
- Somerville, NJ · SOMERVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9792RBeech M35
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800501018409A
- Case key
- 131293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0839 80/5/1 SOMERVILLE,NJ BEECH M35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 780 TIME - 1830 N9792R PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 375 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSTOWN,PA SOMERVILLE,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APRX 3/4 OZ WATER IN LINE % INJECTOR BODY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9792R
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset
N9792RRegistration cancelled Feb 5, 2022 · Beech M35Airframe modelBeech M35Engine 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.