- Date
- July 7, 1984, 18:30 local (Jul 8, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gualala, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N555CCCessna 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840707076499A
- Case key
- 24335
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Analysis
On an air taxi flt to a privately owned, public use arpt, the transport category acft touched down hard, 7 ft beyond the beginning of the 2500-FT-long rwy. The hard surfaced rwy's strength was inadequate to support the acft's 9500 lb ldg weight & the acft's left wheel penetrated through the 3/8 inch thick rwy surface creating a 4 inch deep hole. As the acft continued its ldg rollout the left ldg gear broke & separated from the acft. The acft veered off the side of the rwy & collided with a shallow dirt embankment. The arpt was being operated under a state of CA permit, issued in the basic utility 1 class & it was designed for light acft having a gross weight of 6000 lbs or under. This information was not disseminated by the FAA in either its airport/facility directory or on the current airport master record. The pic's required first class airman medical certificate had expired. The rwy length was shorter than required for the air taxi operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555CC
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 500-0039
- Airframe hours
- 4,867
- Engine
- P&W JT15D-1, 2,200 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Santa Barbara Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 23, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- Q69 · Gualala, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Q69 · Ocean Ridge, runway 31, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,600 total · 250 in this make and model · 4,040 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 2 knots, gusting 4
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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