Beechcraft J35 N8299D

Summary

On 29 January 1984 at about 23:00 local time, a Beechcraft J35 registered N8299D was involved in an accident near Coalinga, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 January 1984 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Coalinga, California, United States

Nearest airport

Harris Ranch (308)

Coordinates

36.1892, -120.3895

Aircraft

Beechcraft J35

Registration

N8299D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palm Springs → Hayward

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA158

1 person was seriously injured.

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

WHILE CRUISING AT 8,500 FT MSL,THE PLT NOTICED A LOSS OF ALL OIL PRESSURE. HE SECURED THE ENG, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR & WING FLAPS, & DECLARED AN EMERGENCY STATING HE WOULD ATTEMPT AN ENG OUT LANDING AT HARRIS RANCH ARPT. WHILE DESCENDINGTHROUGH 1,000 FT MSL, HE REPORTED THAT HE COULD NOT REACH THE ARPT & RETRACTED THE FLAPS. THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN A SOFT PLOWED FIELD 1/4 MI SHORT OF THE RWY. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF AN OIL LEAK IN THE ENG & THE BOTTOM OF THE ACFT WAS COVERED WITH OIL. THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENG & THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE CRANKCASE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF THE #6 CONROD. THE OTHER CONRODS WERE OVERHEATED. THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER WAS SAFETIED BUT VERY LOOSE. THE INTERNAL & EXTERNAL THREADS WERE BADLY WORN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.