LAX83LA167

NTSB accident investigation · Beech A56TC · Lost Hills, CA · March 29, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
March 29, 1983, 15:20 local (23:20 UTC)
Place
Lost Hills, CA
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9092QBeech A56TC
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830329010079A
Case key
23658

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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.

Airframe/component/system failure/malfunctionLanding - roll
Landing gear,tire - failure,totalCause
Main gear collapsedLanding - roll
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor

Analysis

The plt stated that during the landing roll-out, the left main tire blew out and before the plane was stopped, the left main gear collapsed. Reportedly, he had made a normal approach and did not use heavy braking action. The 2 passengers and a witness corroborataed his account of the occurrence.

Aircraft

Registration
N9092Q
Reported as
Beech A56TC
Category
Airplane
Serial number
TG-92
Airframe hours
1,638
Engine
Lycoming TIO-541-E1B4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Business · Part 91
Registered owner
George C. Brown, Jr.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Unknown · March 18, 1982 · 271 hours before
Departed
BFL · Bakersfield, CA
Airport
L84 · Lost Hills, runway 33, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

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
41
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
1,731 total · 29 in this make and model · 1,563 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
360° at 5 knots
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
64 °F

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 N9092Q · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.