- Date
- May 19, 1988, 12:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4472DBeech G-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880519015129A
- Case key
- 26007
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Go-around - attemptedFactor
Supervision - inadequateCause
Throttle/power control - improper use ofFactor
Gear retraction - prematureCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Wheels up landing - inadvertent
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4472D
- Reported as
- Beech G-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-4601
- Airframe hours
- 4,519
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Morris D. Donald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- LHU · Lake Havasu, AZ
- Destination
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- P06 · Bullhead Laughlin, runway 35, 4,648 × 60 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
- 66
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 23 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.