- Date
- June 28, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Graham, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2880VBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820628026779A
- Case key
- 70859
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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
While descending through about 2800 ft AGL to land, the engine lost power. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and elected to land in an OAT field with oats about 2 to 3 ft high. The pilot reported that during the landing roll, the nose gear collapsed after the aircraft encountered the oats and soft terrain. No preimpact, mechanical malfunction or failure was verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2880V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-285
- Airframe hours
- 3,426
- Engine
- Continental E-185-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- D.R. Perry
- Registered owner
- Virgil Varrichio
- Departed
- F-42 · Mesquite, TX
- Destination
- E15 · Graham, TX
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 4,600 total · 53 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 198 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.