# NTSB LAX84LA102: Beech V35B, N66876, St. Johns, AZ, December 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 8, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: St. Johns, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.56042, -109.329353 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5604&lon=-109.3294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24118
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24118/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA102

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - door,passenger - unlocked (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - door,passenger - open (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66876), registered now, S/N D-10316, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Registry model: [Beech V35B](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (registry code 1151548) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-10316
- Airframe hours: 655
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831208060379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831208060379A), Dec 8, 1983: Beech V35B, St Johns, AZ, Substantial damage. Door came open en route. Overshot the runway landing at nearest airport. Struck a steel fence post.

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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