- Date
- September 21, 1986, 11:11 local (17:11 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50BDBeech V35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860921045659A
- Case key
- 17052
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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.
Analysis
The plt landed hard at the abq municipal arpt. The plt said he had runaway trim causing loss of control. The pax felt the plt lost control due to temporary physical incapacitation. Exam of the flt control system revealed no evidence of a flt control system malfucntion or failure prior to ground impact. All voice communications between the lt and the air traffic controller were normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50BD
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8175
- Engine
- Continental IO-520 B/BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward Hayes
- Registered owner
- Edward Hayes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OK33 · Shangri-La, OK
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ABQ · Albuquerque Municipal, runway 17, 8,993 × 200 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,551 total · 1,054 in this make and model · 4,401 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.