Beechcraft B35 N5115C

Summary

On 10 March 1988 at about 03:47 local time, a Beechcraft B35 registered N5115C, operated by Reginald Spencer Bickford, was involved in an accident near Nome, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 March 1988 at 03:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Nome, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

64.7104, -164.6200

Aircraft

Beechcraft B35

Registration

N5115C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Reginald Spencer Bickford

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

McGrath → Nome

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC88FA037

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 AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP DURING THE ENROUTE PHASE OF THE FLIGHT. THE LEFT FITTING THAT SECURES THE FRONT SPARS OF THE STABILIZERS TO THE FUSELAGE REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF PRE-EXISTING FATIGUE CRACKING. THE INITIAL SEPARATION OF THE LEFT STABILIZER WAS INDICATIVE OF AN UPWARD FAILURE, WITH THE INITIAL SEPARATION IN THE FRONT SPAR. THE PILOT WAS A CERTIFIED A&P MECHANIC. NO PILOT OR AIRCRAFT LOGS WERE RECOVERED. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND INDICATING MAINTENANCE BEING PERFORMED BY PERSONS OTHER THAN THE PILOT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.