- Date
- March 4, 1982, 12:11 local (20:11 UTC)
- Place
- La Jolla, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N180LBeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820304002309A
- Case key
- 71295
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Ditching
Analysis
During flight over the water, the engine lost power and the pilot was unable to glide to a safe landing area on shore. The plane was ditched in the pacific ocean about 1/4 mile from the shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180L
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D 2623
- Airframe hours
- 6,383
- Engine
- Continental E-185-11, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian Clark
- Registered owner
- Brian Clark
- Departed
- San Diego, CA
- Destination
- San Diego, CA
N180LRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Beech B35Airframe modelBeech B35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,531 total · 1,050 in this make and model · 1,569 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.