# NTSB LAX84LA146: Beech C-24-R, N974V, Fullerton, CA, January 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 14, 1984, 19:24 local (Jan 15, 1984, 03:24 UTC)
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft weight and balance - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N974V-2018-03-13), registration cancelled 2018-03-13, S/N MC-723, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-24-R
- Registry model: [Beech C24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c24r) (registry code 1151254) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC-723
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840114002909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840114002909A), Jan 14, 1984: Beech C24R, Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Flared high, landed hard. Left main gear collapsed, nose gear broke. Left flap and fuselage damaged. Propeller bent

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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