# Accident 19790828021699A: Beech B35, Le Grand, CA, August 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1979, 03:56 local time
- Place: Le Grand, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2288° N, 120.2540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Le Grand, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2288&lon=-120.2540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2856V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2856V-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,260 total, 1,666 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVA61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790828021699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT ENROUTE. CRASH LANDED IN HILLY AREA. FOUND LEFT FUEL CELL COLLAPSED NO FUEL ONBOARD. .

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX79FVA61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVA61), Aug 28, 1979: Beech 35 (N2856V), Legrand, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2856V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790626016979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790626016979I), Jun 26, 1979: Beech 35BEECH (N2856V), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Left main collapsed after normal landing. Retract rod was bent. Preventing gear from locking down.
- [Incident 19780608045059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780608045059I), Jun 8, 1978: Beech 35BEECH (N2856V), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Pilot applied high power to start taxi, nose wheel was turned full and was not steerable. Nose strut broke.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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