Beechcraft 35 N440B

10 April 1966 · Texico N Mex, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 April 1966 at about 17:00 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N440B was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Texico N Mex, New Mexico, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 April 1966 at 17:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Texico N Mex, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Clovis
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft 35
Registration: N440B
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0904

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	0	5

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CARBURETOR ALTERNATE AIR DOOR HINGE FAILED RESULTING IN RESTRICTION OF AIR INLET

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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34.3887, -103.0513
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Texico N Mex, New Mexico, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-0904, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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