- Date
- February 26, 1986, 20:24 local (Feb 27, 1986, 04:24 UTC)
- Place
- Irvine, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N58SBBeech V35-B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860226006859A
- Case key
- 24902
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot had executed the ILS rwy 19R approach and then requested a missed approach, stating that he 'had a localizer problem'. On the second attempt he was cleared to land and then was twice issued a low altitude alert. The pilot was further issued instructions to climb and maintain 3,000 feet. Radar and radio communications were lost and the aircraft crashed in a parking lot 1/2 mile northeast of the airport. The weather at the time of the accident was reported as: indefinite ceiling zero, sky obscured, visibility one-half mile in fog, wind one eight zero degrees at eight knots, altimeter two nine nine five, tops eight hundred feet. The runway visual range (RVR) was reported as more than 6,000 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58SB
- Reported as
- Beech V35-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D10277
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fritz L. Krauth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 1985
- Departed
- VIS · Visalia, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne, runway 19R, 5,700 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,768 total · 126 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 1 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.