# NTSB LAX82FUA12: Beech 35-B33, N1418G, Corona Del Mar, CA, March 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1982, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Corona Del Mar, CA
- Coordinates: 33.600154, -117.860092 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6002&lon=-117.8601&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FUA12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUA12

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,total (cause)
  - engine assembly,crankcase - cracked (contributing factor)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - dirty(foggy)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 4000 FEET THE PILOT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE EMANATING FROM THE ENGINE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER THE WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH OIL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FORCE LANDED IN A HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD WITH THE GEAR UP. IT SLID ACROSS THE OUTFIELD INTO A HOME RUN FENCE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE #3 CONNECTING ROD BROKE AND THE ENGINE CASE CRACKED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1418G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35-B33
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CD 519
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-47OK 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Carlos F. Bernhard
- Registered owner: Carlos F. Bernhard
- Departed: SNA, SANTA ANA, CA
- Destination: MULEGE, MEXICO
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 8,100 total, 751 in this make and model, 5,100 as pilot in command, 129 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 175° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature: 138 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ATIS

## 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 19820302001909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820302001909A), Mar 2, 1982: Beech 35B33, Corona Del Mar, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on IFR climbout. Oil on windshield. Hit fence landing wheels up in a ball park. Cracked engine case.

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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