- Date
- June 23, 1988, 17:45 local (Jun 24, 1988, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Weaverville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5354EBeech B35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880623023659A
- Case key
- 26042
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5354E
- Reported as
- Beech B35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5853
- Engine
- Continental IO-470L, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lampert, David M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- 054 · Weaverville, CA
- Destination
- 086 · Trinity, CA
- Airport
- 054 · Lonnie Pool, runway 36, 3,380 × 50 ft
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Observed at
- MER
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.