- Date
- September 30, 1983, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Salida, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5492DBeech H35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830930052779A
- Case key
- 16165
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The acft touched down about 1/2 way down the rwy, left of centerline. The acft then struck a small ridge of dirt & rocks& came to rest with the left landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5492D
- Reported as
- Beech H35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5018
- Engine
- Continental O-470-G, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D & G Airplane Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 10, 1983
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- OV2 · Harriet Alexander, runway 24, 6,065 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 560 total · 108 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.