- Date
- September 11, 1982, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Bear Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4357WBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820911045229A
- Case key
- 69903
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landed long and fast on the runway. He was using runway 19 and the wind was from the north at 15-20 KTS. He landed and while still rolling at 65 KTS initiated a go-around. He did not climb high enough to clear small tree and after colliding with them he crashed and burned. The pilot was seriously burned but survived by jumping into a near-by stream.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4357W
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1575
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James W. Pynchon
- Registered owner
- James W. Pynchon
- Departed
- AI · Santa Maria, CA
- Destination
- AC · Bear Valley, CA
- Airport
- 0Q0 · Bear Valley Stolport, runway 19, 3,000 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 621 total · 621 in this make and model · 522 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.