- Date
- April 11, 1988, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2705BAero Commander 560
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880411013909A
- Case key
- 25984
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Hydraulic system - failure,totalCause
Flt control syst,wing flap control - inoperative
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - inoperative
Landing gear,steering system - inoperative
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possible
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Object - building(nonresidential)Factor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2705B
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 560
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480-B, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Samuel & Julia Kite
- Registered owner
- Samuel & Julia Kite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BLD · Boulder City, NV
- Destination
- P06
- Airport
- P06 · Bullhead Laughlin, runway 35, 4,648 × 60 ft, asphalt
N2705BRegistration cancelled Mar 4, 2019 · Aero Commander 560Airframe modelAero Commander 560Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 640 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2705B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.