- Date
- October 2, 1966
- Place
- Big Bear, CA · BIG BEAR, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2988BBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120854
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3314 66/10/2 BIG BEAR CALIF BEECH D35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 504 TIME - 0730 N2988B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 93 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG BEAR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND GROUND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 40 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PILOT MADE SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND LANDED AT ANOTHER FIELD.PATCH OF GROUND FOG ON RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2988B
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Big Bear
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.
Other investigations on N2988B · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX93FA335Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportAlpine, CAThe failure of the pilot to maintain direction control during the initial takeoff climb which placed an obstruction in the airplane's takeoff flight path and a subsequent inadvertent stall. A factor in the accident was the existing crosswind.NTSB OAK68D0071Accident · No injuriesClosedArvin, CANTSB LAX66F0214Accident · No injuriesClosedSan Diego, CANTSB UNK64X4170Accident · No injuriesClosedPuyallup, WA