- Date
- June 7, 1986, 12:04 local (19:04 UTC)
- Place
- Swall Meadows, CA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N398ZBeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860607087159A
- Case key
- 24919
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Analysis
The civil air patrol (cap) organized & provided instructors to teach cap mission plts techniques of 'high altitude' search flying during a 2-DAY course. The curriculum included making a landing approach to a 6080 ft elevation airstrip. The approach was to be terminated with a go-around for which successful execution required promptly turning the acft away from the rising terrain located beyond the departure end of the rwy. The trainee-pilot flew the approach but allowed the airspeed to slow below the best angle of climb. While the gear & flaps were being raised the plt also failed to promptly turn the acft away from the rising terrain. Because of the 8500 ft density altitude, the acft's climb performance was degraded, & the acft collided with the rising terrain. The CFI failed to adequately monitor his student's performance, & he failed to follow established cap procedures which required him to issue mission abort instructions in a timely manner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N398Z
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D6560
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C(1), 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- R.& S.Richmong & B.Guberman
- Registered owner
- R & S Richmond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1986
- Departed
- BIH · Bishop, CA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 3Q8 · Swall Meadows, runway 32, 2,000 × ft, dirt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,136 total · 980 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.