- Date
- September 23, 1985, 19:00 local (Sep 24, 1985, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N973TBeech P60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850923047579A
- Case key
- 24844
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the acft veered off the right side of the rnwy and made contact with a taxiway marker which was then thrown against the acft, puncturing the pressure bulkhead compartment. Examination of the left brake assembly revealed evidence of leaking hydraulic fluid and an empty fluid reservoir. The 'o' rings in the left brake middle piston were found to be 'flattened'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N973T
- Reported as
- Beech P60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-50
- Airframe hours
- 2,165
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Blake
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 022 · Columbia, CA
- Destination
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid Hillview, runway 31R, 3,100 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,965 total · 741 in this make and model · 1,905 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC, 5 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.