- Date
- February 13, 1985, 07:28 local (15:28 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Maria, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81DABeech BE-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850213003159A
- Case key
- 24649
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reptd that during the landing rollout on rwy 30, a gust of wind caused the acft right wing to lift. The plt was unable to correct the uplifting wing and the acft entered into a left groundloop maneuver & exited the rwy. The local controller reported the plt requested & received landing instruction about 8 minutes before the accident & the acft was cleared for a straight in apch to rwy 30. The surface winds were 320 degs at 8 KTS. Aprx 4 minutes before the accident, the plt requested and received the surface wind information. The winds were from 360 degs at 14 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81DA
- Reported as
- Beech BE-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-647
- Airframe hours
- 8,584
- Engine
- P&W R985-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Coast Air Freight, doing business as Coast Airways
- Registered owner
- Jeff S. Sanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ONT · Ontario, CA
- Airport
- SMX · Santa Maria, runway 30, 6,300 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,030 total · 400 in this make and model · 5,940 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.