ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274858
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 2022 |
| Time: | 15:02 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft K35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9530R |
| MSN: | D-6077 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6349 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McNary Field Airport (SLE/KSLE), Salem, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Salem-McNary Field, OR (SLE/KSLE) |
| Salem-McNary Field, OR (SLE/KSLE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On January 29, 2022, about 1502 Pacific daylight time, a Beechcraft K35 Bonanza, N9530R, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Salem, Oregon. The private pilot and the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot of the accident airplane departed the runway, stating that he was planning to remain in the traffic pattern. The pilot was then cleared to land; on the final approach, after crossing the runway threshold and just before the airplane touched down the airplane pitched up, ascended about 50 ft, and subsequently rolled left before entering a near-vertical descent and then impacting the ground
The airplane’s autopilot was repaired 1.5 flight hours before the accident flight, wherein the auto-pilot pitch servo was sent out for repair, reinstalled, and cable tensions were set. Subsequently, an operational check was conducted, which verified proper installation on the ground. The autopilot pitch servo capability is exhausted by a pitch hold setting, meaning that inadvertent activation would merely maintain the airplane’s present pitch profile at the time of activation. Postaccident examination of the pitch trim actuator revealed a 15° tab down position. The elevator tab limits are 4.5° tab up, to 23° tab down. While the pitch servo had been recently installed, it is not likely that the autopilot was engaged in the airport traffic pattern and specifically during landing.
Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The cause of the abrupt nose-up pitch attitude during landing could not be determined.
Pilot incapacitation was not a factor in this accident.
Probable Cause: The airplane’s excessive nose-up pitch attitude during landing for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://eu.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2022/01/29/2-dead-plane-crash-salem-airport/9272864002/
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/01/two-dead-after-plane-crashes-while-attempting-to-land-at-salem-airport.html
https://www.kptv.com/news/plane-crash-kills-two-in-salem/article_d1601790-8166-11ec-9633-d769035372f0.html
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104567
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9530R
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9530R/history/20220129/2323Z/KSLE/KSLE
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ad4234&lat=44.911&lon=-123.015&zoom=13.0&showTrace=2022-01-29&leg=2
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/66335_1534141553.jpg (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo(c): Salem Police Department
Media:
NTSB is investigating the Jan. 29, 2022, crash of a Beech K35 near Salem, Oregon.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) January 30, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2022 01:36 | Geno | Added |
| 30-Jan-2022 02:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, Damage] |
| 30-Jan-2022 04:24 | RobertMB | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2022 08:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2022 12:31 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 31-Jan-2022 23:16 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 11-Feb-2022 14:43 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 04-Mar-2022 22:13 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2024 18:44 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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