# NTSB LAX84FA048: Beech B35, N5254C, Long Beach, CA, November 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1983, 10:31 local (18:31 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.809741, -118.180938 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8097&lon=-118.1809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23903
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84FA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23903/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA048

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - gear extension - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - continued, pilot in command
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5254C-2007-11-26), registration cancelled 2007-11-26, S/N D-2646, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-2646
- Airframe hours: 5935
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831105057869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831105057869A), Nov 5, 1983: Beech B35, Long Beach, CA, Destroyed. Engine lost partial power on takeoff. Aborted but held nose up to extend the gear. Stalled and impacted on runway.

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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