- Date
- November 1, 1985, 10:43 local (16:43 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3091CBeech K35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851101055689A
- Case key
- 21959
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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 acft stalled & crashed during a go-around attempt. The plt/owner was flying the acft from the left seat with the mechainc, who had just completed an annual inspection on the acft, seated in the co-plts seat. The mechanic received serious injuries when the acft cartwheeled after the left wing contacted the ground following the stall. The other two occupants received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3091C
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D5778
- Airframe hours
- 4,180
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald R. Hamilton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1985 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- HPY · Bagtown, TX
- Destination
- 6R4 · Austin, TX
- Airport
- 6R4 · Birdsnest, runway 16, 2,715 × 30 ft, gravel
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 511 total · 251 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 9 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.
Other investigations on N3091C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.