Accident Beechcraft 3NM N9159B, Sunday 9 December 1990

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Date:	Sunday 9 December 1990
Time:	16:26 LT
Type:	Beechcraft 3NM
Owner/operator:	Wayne G Meyer
Registration:	N9159B
MSN:	CA 242
Engine model:	P&W R-985
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bozeman, MT - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Twin Falls, ID (KTWF)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A BEECH 3NM SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT ENGINE MASTER ROD FAILED AND THE CRANKSHAFT SEIZED. THE PROPELLER SEPARATED AND STRUCK THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE, DOING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND SHEARING OFF A NOSE FUEL TANK. THE PILOT RETURNED SAFELY TO HIS DEPARTURE POINT.

Probable Cause: THE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE MASTER ROD.

Accident investigation: