Beechcraft A-36 N336A

6 December 1981 · Portland, Texas, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 6 December 1981 at about 13:15 local time, a Beechcraft A-36 registered N336A, operated by Beech Employee, was involved in an accident during in flight near Portland, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 December 1981 at 13:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Portland, Texas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Beechcraft A-36
Registration: N336A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Beech Employee
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Corpus Christi, Tx → Wichita, Ks
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2985

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	1	1

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.

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CAMSHAFT FAILED.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2985, 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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