- Date
- February 27, 1982, 16:43 local (Feb 28, 1982, 00:43 UTC)
- Place
- Lemoore, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1410ZBeech T-34B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820227000939A
- Case key
- 71412
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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 T-34 pilot entered a downwind behind a Cessna 150 aircraft. When the T-34 pilot was abeam the approach end of runway 32R, he was cleared for a touch and go. By this time, the Cessna 150 was on the runway. The Cessna pilot requested a 180 degree turn to taxi back to the taxiway, which the tower approved. The tower then advised the T-34 pilot to expect a go-around. Subsequently, the T-34 pilot asked the tower to "say again", and he was cleared to continue the approach. The pilot acknowledged "roger, that." Shortly thereafter, while turning from base to final, the T-34 was observed to enter a spin and crash. An examination of the wreckage revealed no precrash malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1410Z
- Reported as
- Beech T-34B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BG-287
- Airframe hours
- 4,760
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- U.S. Navy
- Registered owner
- U.S. Navy
- Departed
- Fresno, CA
- Destination
- Nas Lemoore, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Nas Lemoore, runway 32R, 13,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 19 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NAS
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1410Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.