Beechcraft 77 N36986

Summary

On 1 May 1983 at about 23:05 local time, a Beechcraft 77 registered N36986 was involved in an accident near Linden, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 May 1983 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Linden, California, United States

Coordinates

38.0509, -121.0307

Aircraft

Beechcraft 77

Registration

N36986

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mariposa → Oroville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA210

1 person had minor injuries.

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

THE PILOT WAS CRUISING AT 3000 FEET BENEATH AN OVERCAST SKY WITH INTERMITTENT RAIN. THE CARB HEAT WAS OFF. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF FLIGHT THE RPM BEGAN TO SLOWLY DECREASE.THE PILOT BRIEFLY APPLIED CARB HEAT BUT AS THE RPM ONLY FLUCTUATED AND POWER WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED HE DISCONTINUED USING IT. THE PILOT HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED CARBURETOR ICE. AS ALL POWER WAS BEING LOST THE PILOT BROADCAST MAYDAY AND BEGAN TO LOOK FOR A LANDING SPOT. AS POWER SHUT DWN WAS PROGRESSING SOME POWER RETURNED. THE ACFT WAS NURSED ALONG AT VERY LOW ALTITUDE AND FINALLY LANDED ON A ROCKY SLOPE AFTER OVERSHOOTING AN OPEN FIELD. AS ACFT DECELERATED ITS NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.