- Date
- September 16, 1985, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Coalinga, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3493ABeech E-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850916045539A
- Case key
- 24548
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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 acft dragged the tail and crashed in a plowed field about 1/4 mile east of the takeoff rwy. The plt said the acft became 'squirrely' on the rwy and went left off the rwydespite her application of rt rudder tracks showed that the acft left rwy after 250 ft of roll and braking had occurred for 600 ft, first on the left brake, then both brakes & finally the rt brake only. The acft became airborne after about 950 ft & flew about 400 ft before the tail hit the ground and the acft crashed, damaging the rt wing, rt stabilizer, lnding gear & nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3493A
- Reported as
- Beech E-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD1234
- Airframe hours
- 2,129
- Engine
- Continental IO 470K, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bill & Bonnie Whitman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 28, 1985 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- 308 · Harris Ranch, runway 14, 2,820 × 30 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 241 total · 77 in this make and model · 164 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.