# NTSB LAX81FA092: Beech 58, N140S, Avalon, CA, May 28, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 28, 1981
- Place: Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 27, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81FA092
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA092

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3578  81/5/28  NR.AVALON,CA          BEECH 58            CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1640                    N140S               PX-  2  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            30, 3600 TOTAL HOURS, 544
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         AVALON,CA                    VISALIA,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- AFT 3RD PASS,PULLED UP,BGN SLOW ROLL,NOSE DROPPED DRG LAST PART OF ROLL,HIT WTR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N140S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140S), registered now, S/N TH-1155, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810528089829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810528089829A), May 28, 1981: Beech 58, Catalina Island, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft crashed into water during low level rolling manuver while buzzing a boat.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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