- Date
- October 19, 1985, 07:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9323SBeech 24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851019054729A
- Case key
- 25001
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Visual lookout - not attainedCause
Light condition - dawnFactor
Visual/aural perceptionCause
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Analysis
The acft collided with a ditch during taxi to takeoff. The plt was taxiing into the sun and went into the ditch when the taxiway turned to the rt. The plt said he was blinded by the rising sun.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9323S
- Reported as
- Beech 24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC343
- Airframe hours
- 2,146
- Engine
- Avco IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas G. Mccarthy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1985 · 74 hours before
- Destination
- 201 · Quincy, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MYF · Montgomery, runway 28L, 3,399 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 107 in this make and model · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.