# NTSB LAX86FA127: Beech V35-B, N58SB, Irvine, CA, February 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1986, 20:24 local (Feb 27, 1986, 04:24 UTC)
- Place: Irvine, CA
- Location: 33.6864° N, 117.8566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6864&lon=-117.8566&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86FA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24902/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA127

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - flight into known adverse weather - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - ifr procedure - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58SB-1986-02-27), registration cancelled 1986-02-27, S/N D10277 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35-B
- Registry model: [Beech V35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (registry code 1151538) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D10277
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860226006859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860226006859A), Feb 26, 1986: Beech V35B, Santa Ana, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft impacted in a parking lot during a missed approach on an IFR flight plan. Pilot not instrument rated.

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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