- Date
- January 14, 1984, 19:24 local (Jan 15, 1984, 03:24 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N974VBeech C-24-R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840114002909A
- Case key
- 24146
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A rear seated passg reported that when the acft was about 50 ft AGL he heard the stall warning buzzer sound. Several seconds later acft hit the rwy in a near level attitude. The landing was described by the passgs as 'on the hard side.' Investigation revealed that the acft was over maximum allowable gross wt at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N974V
- Reported as
- Beech C-24-R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-723
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air South Inc., doing business as Liberty Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- P&W Cheese, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 19, 1983 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Municipal, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 333 total · 16 in this make and model · 236 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.