# NTSB LAX83IA342: Beech B-35, N5274C, Fullerton, CA, July 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1983, 13:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23593
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83IA342
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23593/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA342

## Sequence of events

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

- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,partial (cause)
  - maintenance,lubrication - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5274C-2018-01-17), registration cancelled 2018-01-17, S/N D-2668, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B-35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-2668
- Airframe hours: 4227
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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

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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