- Date
- February 9, 1984, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lk Havasu City, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N771WNBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840209005819A
- Case key
- 24186
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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 the acft encountered a flock of 'large water birds' on short final. While abruptly maneuvering the acft to avoid the birds, the acft impacted hard on the rwy. The plt also stated that his landing was directly into the clear setting sun.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N771WN
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-883
- Airframe hours
- 1,953
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William A. Fraser, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- LHU · Lk Havasu City, AZ
- Airport
- LHU · Lake Havasu, runway 23, 6,434 × 100 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,668 total · 1,702 in this make and model · 9,668 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.