Beechcraft V35-TC N2820S

Summary

On 28 March 1987 at about 00:10 local time, a Beechcraft V35-TC registered N2820S was involved in an accident near Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 March 1987 at 00:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Mt Vernon (MVN)

Coordinates

39.8801, -89.6004

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35-TC

Registration

N2820S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87FA133

1 person 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 ACFT WAS ON A TEST FLT AFTER A TOP-OVERHAUL HAD JUST BEEN COMPLETED. MECHANICS RPRTD THAT BEFORE THE FLT, THE ENG HAD BEEN PROPERLY RIGGED & OPERATED NORMALLY DRG RUN-UP. DRG INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF, WITNESSES SAID THE ENG LOST POWER. THE PLT INITIATED A STEEP (70-75 DEGREE BANKED) TURN BACK TOWARD THE ARP. DRG THE TURN, THE NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING LOW, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE ACFT WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY IMPACT & GROUND FIRE. A TEARDOWN OF THE ENG REVEALED INTERNAL ENGINE MECHANICAL CONTINUITY, EVIDENCE OF OIL PUMP OPERATION, AND NORMAL LUBRICATION. THE DUAL MAG HAD EXTENSIVE FIRE DMG. THE FUEL PUMP WAS CHARRED; INVESTIGATORS WERE UNABLE TO ROTATE DRIVESHAFT. TEARDOWN DID NOT CONFIRM REASON FOR POWER LOSS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.