- Date
- August 19, 1964
- Place
- Bronnsburg, IN · BRONNSBURG, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5542DBeechcraft H35
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2545 64/8/19 BRONNSBURG IND BEECHCRAFT H35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1500 TIME - 2305 N5542D PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- #3 CYL INTAKE VALVE LIFTER ASSEMBLY FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5542D
- Reported as
- Beechcraft H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5542DRegistration cancelled May 1, 2020 · Beech H35Airframe modelBeech H35Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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