- Date
- August 31, 1989, 16:12 local (23:12 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Jones, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6225VBeech V35TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890831033079A
- Case key
- 26244
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient altitude.
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
The aircraft was on a long low final approach in a landing configuration with 20 degrees of flaps. About one mile from the runway threshold, the aircraft collided with 30 foot high transmission wires. There was no evidence of a preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction with the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6225V
- Reported as
- Beech V35TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D8567
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-D, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1989
- Departed
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CA06 · Scott Valley, runway 34, 3,700 × 50 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,806 total · 1,592 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 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.