- Date
- July 23, 1987, 06:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3707ZBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870723037539A
- Case key
- 25645
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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 engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
Just after takeoff at an altitude of aprx 50 ft AGL, the engine quit. The plt landed the acft straight ahead and was unable to stop before colliding with a fence. Inspection of the engine revealed no mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3707Z
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA-150
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leland C. Ayers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- WHP · Los Angeles, CA
- Destination
- TUC · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- WHP · Whiteman, runway 12, 3,725 × 40 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,044 total · 84 in this make and model · 2,014 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 4 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.