- Date
- February 19, 1984, 10:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N280AABeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840219016259A
- Case key
- 24174
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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 plt reported that he had an electrical failure after takeoff. He remained in the traffic pattern & lowered the landing gear on the downwind leg. During the landing roll, all three gear collapsed. The plt did not manually crank the landing gear down. The battery wire to the generator was found disconnected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280AA
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D 6375
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffery Farmer
- Registered owner
- Brent A. Bostwick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1983
- Destination
- PSP · Palm Springs, CA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wyane, runway 1R, 2,888 × 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 211 in this make and model · 246 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.