- Date
- October 12, 1984, 17:45 local (Oct 13, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marble Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8885ABeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841012057749A
- Case key
- 24575
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Analysis
Plt stated wind was from 220 deg at 5 KTS but after touchdown a gust of wind caught the right wing forcing the acft off rwy. Plt added full pwr to abort landing and acft became airborne. Left landting gear contacted a sand dune. As acft veered left it stalled. A witness stated, wind was blowing across the rwy at 15 to 20 mph for at least 30 minutes before the accident. The acft bounced on touchdown, veered off the rwy and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8885A
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-2540
- Airframe hours
- 4,704
- Engine
- Continental E-225-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel A. Eldredge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1983 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- P14 · Holbrook Muni, AZ
- Destination
- AZ03 · Marble Canyon, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AZ03 · Cliff Dwellers Lodge, runway 22, 3,555 × 40 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,095 total · 417 in this make and model · 1,082 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
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