Beechcraft G33 N166B
28 March 1997 · Bixby, Oklahoma, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 March 1997 at about 15:09 local time, a Beechcraft G33 registered N166B, operated by David H. Laughrey, was involved in an accident near Bixby, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:09
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Bixby, Oklahoma, United States
- Coordinates
- 35.9408, -95.8697
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft G33
- Registration
- N166B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- David H. Laughrey
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tulsa → Little Rock
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW97LA146
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
failure of a number two connecting rod bolt, possibly from being either over-torqued or under-torqued during installation, and failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the transmission line, while performing a forced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot, he had just leveled off at 7,500 feet on a cross-country flight to Little Rock, Arkansas, when the engine started to 'shake violently.' The pilot attempted to return to his departure point, but the engine failed totally. The pilot performed a forced landing, but the airplane impacted a wire on final approach, which subsequently delayed the gear extension, causing the airplane to land with its gear in transit. Postcrash examination of the engine revealed that the number two rod bolt head was in 'relatively undamaged condition.' An FAA Inspector assigned to the accident stated that he believed that the rod bolt was 'either over torqued or under torqued during engine assembly which led to the bolt failure and the number two rod failure well before TBO.' According to the airplane's engine logbook and the pilot's flight log book, the engine had run approximately 604 hours, since being overhauled in August of 1991.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1998 | Beechcraft G33 | Crestline, California, United States | Leland Robert Tarbox | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 May 2011 | Beechcraft G33 | Washington, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1981 | Beechcraft G33 | Rushville, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 16 Apr 2018 | Beechcraft G33 | Warsaw, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 11 Jul 1976 | Beechcraft G33 | Eureka, Kansas, United States | Beech Employee | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jul 1975 | Beechcraft G33 | Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States | Furlow & Assoc | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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