# NTSB LAX86LA019: Beech 24R, N9323S, San Diego, CA, October 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1985, 07:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Coordinates: 32.800254, -117.130691 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8003&lon=-117.1307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25001/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - visual lookout - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 24R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC343
- Airframe hours: 2146
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851019054729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851019054729A), Oct 19, 1985: Beech B24R, San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. During taxi for takeoff into rising sun aircraft departed taxiway into a drainage ditch.

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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