Beechcraft V35B N5NG

Summary

On 21 September 1985 at about 14:26 local time, a Beechcraft V35B registered N5NG was involved in an accident near Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 September 1985 at 14:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Warwick, Rhode Island, United States

Nearest airport

Providence (PVD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35B

Registration

N5NG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Worcester → Chatham

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85FA244

2 people died.

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 EN ROUTE AT 5000' MSL, THE PLT TRANSMITTED THAT HE HAD AN ENG PROBLEM & REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO LAND AT THE PROVIDENCE/THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE ARPT, WHICH WAS APRX 12 MI AWAY. THE PLT THEN ASKED THE CONTROLLER IF THAT WAS THE CLOSEST ARPT; HOWEVER, DUE TO THE RADIO CONGESTION, THE CONTROLLER HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE PLT. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO THE PROVIDENCE ARPT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED ACROSS AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY APRX 2 MI FROM THE ARPT WHILE ON A HEADING IN THAT DIRECTION. DURING THE CRASH LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CONCRETE DIVIDER/BARRIER. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENG CRANKSHAFT, PN 639243, HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE AT TWO LOCATIONS. THE FORWARD FAILURE WAS THRU THE CRANKCHEEK BETWEEN THE #2 MAIN BEARING JOURNAL & THE #3 CONNECTING ROD CRANKPIN. THE AFT FAILURE WAS THRU THE CRANKCHEEK BETWEEN THE #4 CONNECTING ROD CRANKPIN & THE #3 MAIN BEARING JOURNAL. BOTH FATIGUE CRACKS HAD SUBSURFACE ORIGINS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.