- Date
- August 20, 1988, 20:00 local (Aug 21, 1988, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N955WSiai-Marchetti S.205/22R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880820034649A
- Case key
- 26086
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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
At the end of a cross country flight, the pilot had to abort the landing the first time due to heavy rain showers and turbulence. The pilot returned for landing and during the landing roll on the wet runway, the pilot lost control of the airplane. The airplane veered off the runway. The pilot attempted to go around; however, the airplane did not gain enough airspeed prior to colliding with a vehicle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N955W
- Reported as
- Siai-Marchetti S.205/22R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4-155
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ruble, Jesse
- Registered owner
- Ruble, Jesse L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SDM · San Diego, CA
- 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 40 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 13 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.