- Date
- August 15, 1985, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sula, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3865UBeech 76
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850815038789A
- Case key
- 16749
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Analysis
Plt stated that he overflew airstrip to 'make sure it was clear.' During the landing roll, he saw shrubbery on the rwy and attempted evasive action. The acft veered left and the left main gear rolled into a drainage ditch and the left wing contacted a fence post.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3865U
- Reported as
- Beech 76
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ME-406
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1G6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark Timmons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MSO · Missoula, MT
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 55 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 211° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSO, 63 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.