# NTSB LAX87LA279: Cessna 320B, N44RM, Bermuda Dunes, CA, July 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1987, 18:59 local (Jul 25, 1987, 01:59 UTC)
- Place: Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Coordinates: 33.71096, -116.229698 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7110&lon=-116.2297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25648
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA279
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25648/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA279

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - notams - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

DRG A LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A RAISED LIP AT THE APCH END OF THE RWY & FAILED. THE PLT HELD THE LEFT WING OFF THE RWY BY USING AILERON UNTIL THE ACFT SLOWED, THEN THE ACFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE. THE RWY LIP HAD BEEN CREATED BY CONSTRUCTION ON THE OVERRUN. A NOTAM HAD BEEN PUBLISHED CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION; HOWEVER, NO RECORD WAS FOUND TO INDICATE THE PLT HAD RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING OR HAD CHECKED THE NOTAMS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44RM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44RM-2004-05-18), registration cancelled 2004-05-18, S/N 320B0051, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320B
- Registry model: [Cessna 320B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320b) (registry code 2074508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSI0-470-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (registry code 17029, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 320B0051
- Airframe hours: 4526
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-470-B 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gene C. Latour
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 23, 1986, 20 hours before
- Departed: SMO, SANTA MONICA, CA
- Destination: UDD
- Airport: UDD, Bermuda Dunes, runway 29, 4,030 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,510 total, 909 in this make and model, 2,510 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSP

## 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 19870724038289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870724038289A), Jul 24, 1987: Cessna 320B, Bermuda Dunes, CA, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway,shearing off the left main gear on 9 inch runway lip. Failed to check NOTAMS for construction

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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