- Date
- May 18, 1982, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Little River, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1805ZBeech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820518016619A
- Case key
- 71443
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Touch-and-go - attemptedFactor
Level off - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Go-around - attemptedCause
In flight collision with object
Raising of flaps - performedFactor
Altitude - not attainedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - inadequateCause
Nose down
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
On the second attempt to make a touch and go landing, the pilot bounced the aircraft hard on the runway immediately followed by a sharp left turn. Full power was applied and the flaps were raised in an attempted go-around. The aircraft failed to clear trees on the south side of the runway and came to rest nose down in a drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1805Z
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA271
- Airframe hours
- 127
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mendocino Aviation
- Registered owner
- Leonard A. Riley
- Departed
- 048 · Little River, CA
- Destination
- 048 · Little River, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UKI, 26 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.