- Date
- July 17, 1987, 22:15 local (Jul 18, 1987, 04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pagosa Springs, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1879LBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870717035259A
- Case key
- 17273
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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 attempted to land his acft at night at an airport with inoperative runway lights and using a ground vehicle's headlights to aid him in landing. He stated that he touched down his aircraft to the left of the center of the runway and the left landing gear went off the runway. Directional control of the aircraft was lost and the nose gear collapsed about 2000 feet beyond the touchdown point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1879L
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TK-13
- Airframe hours
- 1,926
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520L/L13, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Building Concepts Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1987 · 164 hours before
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- 2V1
- Airport
- 2V1 · Stevens, runway 4, 5,600 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,499 total · 212 in this make and model · 1,325 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.