Beechcraft H35 N5544D

Summary

On 27 April 1985 at about 02:20 local time, a Beechcraft H35 registered N5544D was involved in an accident near Lima, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1985 at 02:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Lima, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

40.7403, -84.1091

Aircraft

Beechcraft H35

Registration

N5544D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pewee Valley → Grosse Ile

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI85LA178

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 PLT WAS FLYING THE ACFT BACK TO THE HOME ARPT FOLLOWING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WHEN HE NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE WAS FALLING TO ZERO. APRX 3 MIN LATER, THE ENG SEIZED. SUBSEQUENTLY, AN EMERG GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE IN A FARM FIELD. AN EXAM REVEALED THE OIL PRESSURE LINE HAD FRACTURED AT THE FLARED END WHERE IT WAS CONNECTED TO A 90 DEG FITTING ON THE CRANKCASE. A METALLURGICAL EXAM REVEALED THE BREAK OCCURRED FROM OVERLOAD. AN INSPN OF THE ACFT ALSO REVEALED OTHER DISCREPANCIES. WIRES FROM THE OVER VOLTAGE RELAY'S FLD TERMINAL & THE ALTENATOR FLD TERMINAL WERE MIS-ROUTED WHICH ALLOWED THE REGULATOR TO BE UNREGULATED. ALSO, AN ALLIGATOR CLIP WAS FOUND CONNECTED TO THE WIRING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.