- Date
- January 21, 1984, 14:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Renton, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N560BBeech A35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840121047899A
- Case key
- 39863
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Analysis
The acft was damaged during a forced landing after the engine quit after takeoff. The plt said he noticed the oil pressure drop to zero a few minutes after takeoff and was turning back to the arpt when the engine quit. He did not lower the landing gear since the acft was over water. Touchdown was made about 30 ft from the waters edge in an open field. During post accident investigation the journal for the #2 cylinder was found to have failed. This caused the connecting rod to strike the crankcase creating a hole through which the engine oil escaped. The #2 cylinder journal was found to be burnt where the bearing failed. The plt did not file an accident report.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N560B
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1580
- Airframe hours
- 7,091
- Engine
- Continental 225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pamela B. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 26, 1983 · 21 hours before
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
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 126 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- BFI, 5 nm away
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 N560B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.