- Date
- November 1, 1986, 00:45 local (06:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clarendon, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8532MBeech P-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861101052769A
- Case key
- 22295
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Airspeed(vlof) - not attainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Analysis
The plt was attempting a takeoff with a 12 kt quartering tailwind when the accident occurred. Immediately following rotation and gear retraction, the acft settled and impacted the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8532M
- Reported as
- Beech P-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7197
- Airframe hours
- 2,038
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John M. Garner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- E34 · Clarendon, TX
- Airport
- E34 · Clarendon, runway 2, 3,700 × 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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16,600 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 16,600 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 45 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.