- Date
- June 20, 1986, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- San Rafael, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3823ABeech A-36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860620026929A
- Case key
- 25188
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled and collided with the ground initial during a takeoff initial climb. He indicated that he misjudged the stall buffet as turbulent airflow from a crosswind. The right wing dropped and the acft stalled. The plt also indicated the stall warning did not sound. A local sheepherder who witnessed the accident stated that the acft attempted to takeoff downwind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3823A
- Reported as
- Beech A-36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-194
- Airframe hours
- 958
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin W. Lyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 8, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- CA35 · San Rafael, CA
- Destination
- TRK · Truckee, CA
- Airport
- CA35 · Smith Ranch, runway 4, 2,100 × 30 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 387 total · 270 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APC, 20 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.