- Date
- February 3, 1985, 17:20 local (Feb 4, 1985, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N30069Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850203004959A
- Case key
- 24646
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Analysis
After spending the day skiing, the plt & passengers planned to depart on a return flt to san diego. The wind was from 210 to 220 deg at about 10 mph. The plt elected to takeoff on rwy 7 since low clouds were approaching from the west & the visibility was near zero in that direction. The visibility to the east was aprx 2 mi. Reportedly, the acft traveled about 2500 ft & had accelerated to 55 mph when it was rotated for takeoff. At about that time, it veered left, overran the edge of the rwy & collided with a snow bank. No pre-accident part failure or malfunction was reported. The arpt elev was 6750 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30069
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA-32-300
- Airframe hours
- 2,020
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Volar Corp., doing business as Golden State Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Walter Larsh & G. Clendenon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 27, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Destination
- SEE · San Diego, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- L35 · Big Bear City, runway 7, 5,850 × 75 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,154 total · 45 in this make and model · 935 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 21 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.