- Date
- March 6, 1983, 18:15 local (Mar 7, 1983, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Copperopolis, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4755MBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830306022199A
- Case key
- 23567
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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 acft was observed taking off to the south from the plt's private strip. The acft made a 180 deg turn & flew over theplt's residence near the runway. A momentary increase in eng RPM was heard. The acft then made another 180 deg turn & flew down the runway at about 90-100 ft. shortly after this a crash was heard. The acft impacted the ground at a very pronounced nose down attitude. The plt's blood alcohol level was 0.15%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4755M
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D10129
- Airframe hours
- 404
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis Paul Parisotto
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1982 · 9 hours before
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.