Beechcraft 35 N2839V

Summary

On 29 April 1997 at about 01:30 local time, a Beechcraft 35 registered N2839V was involved in an incident near Spokane, Washington, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 April 1997 at 01:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Spokane, Washington, United States

Coordinates

47.6908, -117.3800

Aircraft

Beechcraft 35

Registration

N2839V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI97IA122

Nobody was injured.

the vibration of the fuselage was due to flutter.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was conducting a maintenance test flight. He was flying straight and level at 160 mph. The sky was 6,500 feet broken with smooth air. The pilot reported that the airplane started to vibrate. He reported that the vibration started as a minor shake and intensified 'like an earthquake.' The pilot pulled the throttle immediately (less than 3 seconds) and the vibration stopped. An uneventful landing was made. The inspection to the airplane revealed no visible damage. The pilot reported that the vibration was the same kind of vibration that he experienced in the same airplane on August 1, 1996. The only changes made to the airplane since the first vibration had been the installation of a B35 model bulkhead, and the installation of F35 model equivalent counterweights. The airplane exhibited no anomalies. The ruddervators were properly balanced.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.