- Date
- October 23, 1987, 17:55 local (Oct 24, 1987, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Avalon, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3798CCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871023060659A
- Case key
- 25890
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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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
On landing the pilot reported he heard a loud bang and the aircraft veered to the right. The pilot corrected to the leftby applying left brake. The aircraft returned to the center of the runway; however, it began to skid. The pilot realized that he was running out of runway, decided to apply full right rudder and exit the runway. The aircraft collided with a berm. Inspection of the aircraft revealed the right main landing gear tire had blown out. No other mechanical malfunctions/failures were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3798C
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0636
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Eagle Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Eagle Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 27, 1987 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- LGB · Long Beach, CA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- AVX · Catalina, runway 4, 3,240 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,597 total · 136 in this make and model · 6,356 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.