# NTSB DEN83LA042: Beech V35B, N3803M, Kamis, UT, December 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 29, 1982, 17:10 local (Dec 30, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Kamis, UT
- Coordinates: 40.620937, -111.150703 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6209&lon=-111.1507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71219/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA042

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE NOTICED A DROP IN OIL PRESSURE & A PROP SURGE & DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A ROAD. DURING THE LANDING THE ACFT STRUCK SEVERAL SIGN POSTS. POST ACCIDENT TESTS SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF OIL STARVATION OR DROP IN OIL PRESSURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3803M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3803M), registered now, S/N D-10357, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D10357
- Airframe hours: 322
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Thompson Beech Aero Club
- Registered owner: Thompson Beech Aero Club
- Departed: C, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Destination: C, SALT LAKE CITY, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 786 total, 13 in this make and model, 663 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 39 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821229066909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821229066909A), Dec 29, 1982: Beech V35B, Kamas, UT, Substantial damage. Pilot made precautionary landing on road because of loss of oil pressure. No malfunction found.

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.

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