Beechcraft N35 N1270Z

Summary

On 6 April 1984 at about 02:57 local time, a Beechcraft N35 registered N1270Z was involved in an accident near Baker, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 April 1984 at 02:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Baker, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Baker Municipal (BKE)

Coordinates

44.8304, -117.7600

Aircraft

Beechcraft N35

Registration

N1270Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fresno → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA84FA078

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

THE PLT ENCOUNTERED AIRFRAME ICING WHILE EN ROUTE DURING A X-COUNTRY FLT. HE HAD FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLT PLAN TO BOISE, ID, BUT EN ROUTE, HE CHANGED DESTINATIONS TWICE, 1ST TO ONTARIO, OR, THEN LATER TO BAKER, ID. AT 1820 PDT, HE REPORTED ICING & TURBULENCE AT 10,000 FT. HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN APCH TO BAKER, DURING WHICH, HE REPORTED MORE ICING. AT 1850, HE REPORTED GROUND LIGHTS IN SIGHT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE BAKER FSS SPECIALIST SIGHTED A FIREBALL, NORTH OF THE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS FOUND 7 MILES NORTH OF THE ARPT NEAR A HIGHWAY REST STOP WITH HIGH VISIBILITY, SODIUM VAPOR LIGHTS. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE GEAR HAD BEEN EXTENDED, BUT THE FLAPS WERE UP. THE PROP WAS EMBEDDED IN A CRATER. THE PROP SHAFT HAD SHEARED, BOTH BLADES WERE SLIGHTLY BENT & HAD CHORDWISE SCORING & LEADING EDGE NICKS. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST NEXT TO THE IMPACT POINT. BOTH WINGS HAD SEVERE CHORDWISE CRUSHING FROM FORE TO AFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.