- Date
- January 25, 1984, 16:50 local (Jan 26, 1984, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Victorville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1875WBeech A-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840125002919A
- Case key
- 24152
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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
The acft landed gear up during a forced landing after the engine quit on takeoff. The plt thinks he left the fuel selector in an improper position after showing a customer the alternate location of the tip tank indicator switch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1875W
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E437
- Airframe hours
- 2,653
- Engine
- Continental IO 520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H.S. Osborne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1983 · 115 hours before
- Destination
- CRQ · Carls Bad, CA
- Airport
- Private, runway 21, 2,600 × ft, dirt
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,550 total · 550 in this make and model · 5,550 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VCV, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1875W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.