- Date
- November 5, 1983, 10:31 local (18:31 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5254CBeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831105057869A
- Case key
- 23903
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that as he raised the landing gear during takeoff, the eng simultaneously lost power. He initiated an emergency landing on the remaining portion of the rwy. Acccording to him, the acft stalled while he was holding it in a nose high attitude & while attempting to extend the gear. The acft struck the rwy, left wing 1st with the gear in transit. The outboard 1/3 of the left wing was bent upward, the left gear punctured the wing & the right gear collapsed. Also, the fuselage, eng cowling & prop were damaged. Later, the eng operated normally during a test run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5254C
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2646
- Airframe hours
- 5,935
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8-20, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles M. Noonan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- LGB · Long Beach, runway 25L, 5,420 × 150 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
- 37
- 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
- 4,789 total · 467 in this make and model · 2,300 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.