- Date
- December 8, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Johns, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66876Beech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831208060379A
- Case key
- 24118
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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.
Analysis
About 10 min after takeoff the pax door opened & the plt elected to make a precautionary landing at St. Johns. Unaware that the wind was calm, the plt selected rwy 20, which is 3400 ft long, rather than RWY31, which is 5300 ft long, because when he departed show low the wind was from the sw. During approach & touchedown the plt held onto the unlatcheddoor to reduce the aerodynamic buffeting. After touchdown he recognized he was rapidly running out of rwy. He did not retract the flaps but increased his braking effors. The acft ran off the end of the rwy & collided with a chain link perimeter fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66876
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-10316
- Airframe hours
- 655
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Beech Aero Club
- Registered owner
- L. H. Wilkinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 27, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- SOW · Show Low, AZ
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SJN · St. Johns Muni, runway 20, 3,400 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 227 total · 33 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.