- Date
- August 21, 1988, 17:04 local (Aug 22, 1988, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- Paradise, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1830RBeech A36TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880821034189A
- Case key
- 25856
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Probable cause
An undetermined loss of engine power and the pilot in command's apprehension in undertaking the appropriate emergency actions to attempt an aerial restart. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's lack of experience and inadequate training.
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 acft sustained a loss of eng power while the plt was leveling the acft at 9,500 ft. the plt stated he was afraid to attempt an aerial restart due to fear of damaging the eng. The plt lowered the landing gear and the acft touched down on a 60 deg rocky slope about 500 ft short of a flat gravel and mud sand bar. The plt lacked documented emerg procedure training and biennial flight review. Post accident inspection revealed the fuel inlet fitting was partially blocked by a mass of 'sludge'; however, the bypass fitting was unrestricted. No other failure/malfunction with either the eng or acft was noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1830R
- Reported as
- Beech A36TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- EA256
- Airframe hours
- 1,057
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-UB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Penland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1987 · 132 hours before
- Departed
- O05 · Chester, CA
- Destination
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Airport
- Q88 · Paradise, runway 17, 1,990 × 80 ft, dirt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 510 total · 89 in this make and model · 377 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CIC, 14 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.