LAX84LA186

NTSB accident investigation · Beech BE-58 · Crescent City, CA · February 20, 1984

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
February 19, 1984, 19:30 local (Feb 20, 1984, 03:30 UTC)
Place
Crescent City, CA
Injuries
5 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N4636SBeech BE-58
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19840219004499A
Case key
24176

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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.

OverrunLanding - roll
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Airspeed - excessivePilot in commandCause
Distance - misjudgedPilot in commandCause
Judgment - poorPilot in commandCause
Complete gear collapsedLanding - roll
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Landing gear,main gear attachment - separationFactor
Landing gear,nose gear - separationFactor
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor

Analysis

The acft landed 1000 ft down the wet rwy and continued off tend of the rwy before hitting a 18 inch dirt bank. The landing gear collapsed. The plt reported that the braking action was 'poor'.

Aircraft

Registration
N4636S
Reported as
Beech BE-58
Category
Airplane
Serial number
TH686
Airframe hours
1,113
Engine
Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Dale W. Denio
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · December 20, 1983 · 19 hours before
Departed
BFL · Bakdersfield, CA
Destination
CEC · Crescent City, CA
Airport
CEC · Crescent City, runway 35, 5,002 × 150 ft, asphalt

Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role
Pilot
Age
36
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
1,347 total · 416 in this make and model · 1,236 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
Calm
Visibility
10 statute miles
Temperature
61 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.