# Accident 20150726021989A: Beech F35, Riverside, CA, July 26, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2015, 17:04 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9444° N, 117.4336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9444&lon=-117.4336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N988RH-2018-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E225-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150726021989A

## Narrative

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

N988RH WAS BEING VECTORED FOR A VFR PRACTICE APPROACH TO RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL (KRAL) ILS 9 FOLLOWING HOLDING AT THE PDZ VOR.  AFTER RECEIVING A FINAL VECTOR FROM THE SOCAL CONTROLLER OF 350 DEGREES TO INTERCEPT THE LOCALIZER, THE PILOT REPORTED A ROUGH ENGINE AND NEED TO LAND AT RIVERSIDE.

THE CONTROLLER PROVIDED KRAL'S LOCATION AND ASKED THE PILOT IF HE HAD KRAL IN SIGHT.  THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED AND PROCEEDED TO KRAL.  THE CONTROLLER ADVISED N988RH'S PILOT THAT HE COULD LAND ON THE RUNWAY OF HIS DISCRETION.  THE PILOT RESPONDED THAT HE WANTED TO LAND INTO THE WIND.  THE CONTROLLER REPLIED THAT HIS LANDING RUNWAY WAS AT HIS DISCRETION AND REQUESTED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ONBOARD N988RH.  THE PILOT RESPONDED THAT HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD N988RH AND RESTATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND INTO THE WIND.

THE CONTROLLER REPORTED TO N988RH THAT KRAL WINDS WERE 280 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS AND CLEARED THE PILOT TO LAND RUNWAY 27. THE CONTROLLER INFORMED KRAL TOWER THAT AN AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE PROBLEMS WAS INBOUND AND COORDINATED FOR N988RH TO LAND AT KRAL.

AFTER RECEIVING THE KRAL WINDS AND LANDING CLEARANCE, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT.  THE CONTROLLER WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT N988RH AND CALLED KRAL TOWER TO SEE IF THEY HAD VISUAL CONTACT WITH N988RH.  KRAL TOWER DID NOT SEE N988RH UNTIL AFTER IT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

N988RH WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED A POWER POLE (WITH ITS RIGHT WING AND RUDDERVATOR) AND GROUND DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER .36 NM SOUTH OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KRAL).  THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS ONE OF THE REGISTERED OWNERS AND THE SOLE AIRCRAFT OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED.

N988RH'S MAIN WRECKAGE (LEFT WING, ENGINE, LEFT RUDDERVATOR, AND A DOWNED STREET LIGHT POLE) WERE IN A RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD 81 FEET FROM THE IMPACTED POWER POLE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.

## 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 WPR15FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA222), Jul 27, 2015: Beech F35 (N988RH), Riverside, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination of the airplane and engine. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's decision to attempt to…

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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