- Date
- November 27, 1989, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tinton Falls, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2350LBeech B-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891127047439A
- Case key
- 36589
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Probable cause
Precautionary landing in unsuitable terrain following a partial power loss due to a failed exhaust valve.
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
The pilot of Beech 23 was cruising at 1000 feet a.g.l. when he heard a tapping noise from the engine and experienced a partial power loss. He elected to make a precautionary landing in a land fill. The nose and right main landing gear collapsed in the soft terrain. Post crash examination of the engine showed a failed 7/16TH inch exhaust valve in the #3 cylinder. Available records indicated the engine had 2010 hours and the manufacturer recommends overhaul at 1200 hours with the 7/16TH inch exhaust valve. No records were available to indicate if the engine had been overhauled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2350L
- Reported as
- Beech B-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-187
- Airframe hours
- 2,010
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D28, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert W. Sampson
- Registered owner
- Robert Sampon/Alan Spector
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3N6 · Old Bridge, NJ
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 138 total · 126 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2350L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.