# NTSB DEN83LA226: Beech H35, N5492D, Salida, CO, September 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1983, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Salida, CO
- Coordinates: 38.530303, -106.000785 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5303&lon=-106.0008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16165
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16165/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA226

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5492D), registered now, S/N D-5018, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H35
- Registry model: [Beech H35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h35) (registry code 1151520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-5018
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830930052779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830930052779A), Sep 30, 1983: Beech H35, Salida, CO, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast. Collapsed the left landing gear while trying to stop on the runway.

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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