ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380386
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Date: | Thursday 8 December 1983 |
Time: | 16:30 LT |
Type: | Beechcraft V35B |
Owner/operator: | Beech Aero Club |
Registration: | N66876 |
MSN: | D-10316 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Total airframe hrs: | 655 hours |
Engine model: | Continental IO-520-BB |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | St. Johns, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Show Low, AZ (KSOW) |
Destination airport: | Albuquerque, NM |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ABOUT 10 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF THE PAX DOOR OPENED & THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ST. JOHNS. UNAWARE THAT THE WIND WAS CALM, THE PLT SELECTED RWY 20, WHICH IS 3400 FT LONG, RATHER THAN RWY31, WHICH IS 5300 FT LONG, BECAUSE WHEN HE DEPARTED SHOW LOW THE WIND WAS FROM THE SW. DURING APPROACH & TOUCHEDOWN THE PLT HELD ONTO THE UNLATCHEDDOOR TO REDUCE THE AERODYNAMIC BUFFETING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE RECOGNIZED HE WAS RAPIDLY RUNNING OUT OF RWY. HE DID NOT RETRACT THE FLAPS BUT INCREASED HIS BRAKING EFFORS. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A CHAIN LINK PERIMETER FENCE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX84LA102 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX84LA102
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