- Date
- December 11, 1984, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Littlefield, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N636CFBeech C45H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841211068949A
- Case key
- 24621
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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 stated that he encountered low ceilings & fog in the mountain passes. After several unsuccessful attempts to cross the mountains he believed he did not have sufficient fuel on board to reach any airports to the south so he selected a flat mesa & executed a precautionary landing. The terrain was smooth but soft & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N636CF
- Reported as
- Beech C45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF636
- Airframe hours
- 5,375
- Engine
- P&W 985AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John B. Mellish
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- IGM · Kingman, AZ
- Destination
- SGU · St George, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,954 total · 35 in this make and model · 3,650 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.