Aviation accident CEN18LA276

Name: aviation accident: Beech V35 near Katy (2018-07-17)
Start: 2018-07-17
Location: Katy, TX, USA

NONE · Beech V35 · 2018-07-17 · Katy, TX, USA

Event

NTSB number: CEN18LA276
Event ID: 20180717X82154
Type: Accident
Date: 2018-07-17
Location: Katy, TX, USA
Coordinates: 29.868055, -95.794998

Injuries

Highest injury: NONE
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 0
Uninjured: 1
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: Beech
Model: V35
Registration: N228Q
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

Maintenance personnel’s failure to remove a paper towel from the engine during recent maintenance, which resulted in oil starvation, the failure of a connecting rod, and a catastrophic engine failure and subsequent total loss of engine power.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown