- Date
- July 16, 1983, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5274CBeech B-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23593
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partialCause
Maintenance,lubrication - not performedFactor
InattentiveFactor
Analysis
The gear collapsed on the landing roll. Gear were found to be dry. Tge pilot had a gear flag but does not remember a green light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5274C
- Reported as
- Beech B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2668
- Airframe hours
- 4,227
- Engine
- Continental E185-11, 196 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James E. Mccourt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft, asphalt
N5274CRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Beech B35Airframe modelBeech B35Engine modelContinental E185 series
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,113 total · 119 in this make and model · 1,006 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg