- Date
- February 25, 1971
- Place
- Drummond, MT · DRUMMOND, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8349DBeech J35
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0899 71/2/25 DRUMMOND,MONT BEECH J35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 3000 TIME - 1505 N8349D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2020 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUMMOND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KALISPELL,MONT BILLINGS,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MAIN FUEL SCREEN CONTAINED A SOLID MASS OF ICE.RAN OFF HWY INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8349D
- Reported as
- Beech J35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dummond
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