- Date
- June 16, 1985, 19:10 local (Jun 17, 1985, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Cameron Park, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3790NBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850616026229A
- Case key
- 24515
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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
It could not be determined which of the two private plts on board the acft was serving as PIC & at the controls of the acft. The density alt was computed to be 4100 ft. there was very little wind & the max allowable gross weight was exceeded by aprx 123 pounds. The rwy was 4060 ft long, but the acft became airborne after only 1150 ft of roll. It reached a max alt of 10 to 15 ft when the wings began to rock up & down. The right wind tip contacted the dirt off the right side of the rwy & the acft spun around in a clockwise manner, coming to rest 1550 ft from where the takeoff was initiated. A post crash fire commenced immediately, but the occupants exited the acft on their own. No pre-impact failure or malfunction of the acft was found or reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3790N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-1013
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental E-185-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leonard P. Reynen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1985
- Airport
- 061 · Cameron Airpark, runway 31, 4,060 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHR, 17 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.