- Date
- March 22, 1986, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laconia, NH
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5629KBeech S35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860322007469A
- Case key
- 30313
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During cruise flt, the acft eng failed & oil covered the windshield & side windows. Subsequently, the acft crash landed into wooded terrain while in a wings level attitude at low speed. Tests showed the eng crankshaft had failed from fatigue. The fatigue crack originated at a subsurface location.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5629K
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7388
- Airframe hours
- 3,977
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Omega Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1986
- Departed
- 8B2 · Twin Mountain, NH
- Destination
- BED · Bedford, MA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 1,200 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.