- Date
- May 23, 1980
- Place
- Imperial, CA · IMPERIAL, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2049NBeech V35B
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800523015749A
- Case key
- 130950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1428 80/5/23 IMPERIAL,CA BEECH V35B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 721 TIME - 2103 N2049N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IMPERIAL COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA IMPERIAL,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 22 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- X-WND GUSTING 27K.R WING STRUCK GND.NOSEWHEEL,ENG SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2049N
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Imperial County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.