- Date
- January 26, 1988, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Friona, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N313BBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880126001809A
- Case key
- 22467
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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
After touchdown on the landing strip, the left landing gear collapsed, and the airplane went off the left side of the strip. The airplane went into a water pit, and struck a pump station and associated equipment. Later the pilot stated to his son that he had not been feeling well during the flight, and also that the electrical equipment had not been working properly. He said he could not get a down and locked indication for the landing gear, but had not used the emergency extension system. During the post-accident investigation, it was found that the ignition switch was not working properly, and that there was an interconnect between the ignition switch and the battery switch. The battery would not become operational after the battery switch was turned on, until the ignition switch was 'wiggled'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313B
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-4767
- Airframe hours
- 3,281
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joe W. Lewellen
- Registered owner
- Joe W Lewellen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- SWW · Sweetwater, TX
- Destination
- Q54 · Friona, TX
- Airport
- NONE · Lewellen Spraying, runway 23, 3,800 × ft, grass/turf
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,909 total · 680 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 60 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.