- Date
- September 7, 1986, 20:30 local (Sep 8, 1986, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Visalia, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6650YBeech A-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860907087259A
- Case key
- 25250
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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.
Analysis
The airplane departed monterey airport, monterey, CA on a VFR night flight. The plt entered the downwind leg for runway 30 and observed an airplane depart on the runway at what she thought was about midfield. The airplane had departed from the runway threshold. While on final approach she realized that she had mistaken the approach lights for the runway lights. She turned to her husband who was occupying a rear seat and stated that she was in trouble. At this time the stall warning horn sounded and she then pushed the airplane's nose downward. The airplane almost immediately collided with the approach lights and crashed. The pilot reported that the airplane did not sustain any preimact malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6650Y
- Reported as
- Beech A-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1517
- Airframe hours
- 13
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sequoia Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1986 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Airport
- VIS · Visalia, runway 30, 6,556 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 696 total · 646 in this make and model · 599 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.