- Date
- September 3, 1985, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9950BPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850903045409A
- Case key
- 24825
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The stop at the airport was a planned fuel stop on a flt from conroe, TX to bullhead city, AZ. The flt departed controe,TX about 12 hours prior to the accident. Witnesses saw the acft make two 'high & very erratic' aborted approaches prior to impacting in the run-up area to the lt of the rwy 17 threshold, bouncing about 25 ft in the air and crashing into a parked a/c. the witnesses reported the winds as 5 KTS at the time of the accident. The plt stated that he was long on the first approach and decided to go around. On the second approach, he said that 'a large truck passed underneath' the acft on short final, caused him to lose control & 'sucked the acft into the ground in a stalled condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9950B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3827
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arnold L. Beckman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DMN · Demming, TX
- Airport
- P37 · Glendale, runway 17, 2,400 × 50 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.