- Date
- March 17, 1988, 12:41 local (20:41 UTC)
- Place
- Oildale, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4103ABeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880317071289A
- Case key
- 25814
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper maintenance given by the fixed based operator.
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Eng assembly,crankshaft counterweights/vib damper - wornCause
Propeller system/accessories,blade - fatigueCause
Maintenance,overhaul - not performedCause
Propeller system/accessories,blade - separationCause
Engine assembly,mount - wornCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4103A
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9116
- Airframe hours
- 2,823
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hunsaker, Allen M.
- Registered owner
- Hunsaker, Allen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- Ducor, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- BFL · Meadows
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 10 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.