Beechcraft B35 N8828A

Summary

On 25 December 2009 at about 16:30 local time, a Beechcraft B35 registered N8828A, operated by Cherwink David LEE DBA, was involved in an accident near Santa Fe, New Mexico, 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.

Date

25 December 2009 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Santa Fe Municipal Airport (KSAF)

Coordinates

35.6172, -106.0894

Aircraft

Beechcraft B35

Registration

N8828A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cherwink David LEE DBA

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Fe → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10LA083

Nobody was injured.

An engine overpressure condition that resulted in oil getting on the exhaust and producing smoke which entered the cockpit. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's obscured vision due to smoke.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a departure on a cross-country flight the private pilot noticed an oily smoke entering the airplane's cockpit. As the smoke began to accumulate, the pilot's vision was obscured. The pilot landed on the only runway he could see through the smoke. The airplane touched down with the left wing low and the airplane departed the side of the runway. An overpressure condition in the engine's crankcase resulted in oil being driven out of the crankcase and onto the exhaust system. Smoke entered the cockpit through the heater duct system and gaps in the firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.