- Date
- June 29, 1987, 18:20 local (Jun 30, 1987, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Temecula, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2025LBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870629027419A
- Case key
- 25621
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Hard landing
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Analysis
The aircraft made a hard landing when the pilot encountered turbulent crosswinds in the final stages of the landing approach. Both U.S. Government and aopa's airport directories contain warnings in the airport remarks sections of occasional strong turbulent crosswind encounters at the rancho California airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2025L
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F1340
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Goldstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2L0 · Rancho California, runway 30, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 976 total · 800 in this make and model · 819 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.