- Date
- December 9, 1987, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3441BBeech D35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871209070029A
- Case key
- 7686
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Beech D35 was landing at a private airstrip from which it had departed fifteen minutes earlier. The final approach was to the south, into the sun. On short final the pilot looked down to verify that the gear was down. He looked outside again just in time to see a tractor-trailer prior to impact. The left main landing gear impacted the top right front corner of the trailer. The acft rotated approximately 70 degrees prior to impact with the ground. Investigation by the highway patrol revealed that vehicles traveling in a westerly direction on county road 457 were hidden by trees on the side of the raod opposite the airstrip. The truck driver was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3441B
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D3679
- Airframe hours
- 5,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David G. Culpepper
- Registered owner
- David G Culpeper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- Aerie, runway 15, 2,000 × 300 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,605 total · 161 in this make and model · 17,015 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 43 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3441B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.