- Date
- April 2, 1966
- Place
- Coalinga, CA · COALINGA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4841VBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2078 66/4/2 COALINGA CALIF BEECH 35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N4841V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COALINGA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: SPINNERS,DOMES REMARKS- PROPELLER SPINNER CAME OFF DISTRACTING PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4841V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coalinga
N4841VRegistration cancelled Mar 2, 2019 · Beech 35Airframe modelBeech 35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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.