# NTSB LAX85LA135: Beech 65, N212Y, Camarillo, CA, February 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 10, 1985, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.230308, -119.069458 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2303&lon=-119.0695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24648
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24648/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA135

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AN INSPECTION OF RWY 8 DISCLOSED THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TWO MAIN GEAR SIMULTAINEOUSLY, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THECOLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT'S NOSE & BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RWY, WITH NO INDICATION OF A YAW. THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ASS'Y STRUT WAS PUSHED UPWARD THROUGH THE TOP SKIN OF THE ACFT'S NOSE. ALL FAILED PARTS APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED AS A RESULT OF OVERLOAD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N212Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LC-181
- Airframe hours: 2155
- Engines: LYCOMING IGSO-480-A1E6 340 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jraabart Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: CMA, Camarillo, runway 8, 6,020 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight instructor, airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, expired; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OXR, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850210002769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850210002769A), Feb 10, 1985: Beech 65, Camarillo, CA, Substantial damage. Hard landing drove nose gear strut up through top skin of fuselage nose.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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