- Date
- September 3, 1982, 19:30 local (Sep 4, 1982, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6212VBeech 95-A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820903047179A
- Case key
- 70761
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft was being ferried to the new owner when it made a hard landing and collapsed the landing gear. The new owner could not be located and the broker was unable to furnish any information as to the identity of the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6212V
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-327
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald C. Harper
- Departed
- MAE · Madera, CA
- Destination
- RAL · River Side, CA
- Airport
- FCH · Fresno Chandler Downtown, runway 30, 3,441 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 199 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT, 6 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.