- Date
- July 17, 1983, 21:00 local (Jul 18, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch., CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N235UVCessna 411
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830717061919I
- Case key
- 23594
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Analysis
Pilot inadvertantly landed with gear up due to the distraction of making a short field landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N235UV
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0052
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald Rafferty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1982 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- TRM · Thermal, CA
- Destination
- L16 · Huntington Bch, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 ft, asphalt
N235UVRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Cessna 411Airframe modelCessna 411Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,075 total · 510 in this make and model · 15,900 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N235UV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.