- Date
- December 29, 1988, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8018RBeech A24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881229056919A
- Case key
- 26315
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, during the landing roll, the airplane began to slide to the left. The pilot was unable to regain control due to the patchy snow and ice on the runway. The airplane exited the runway and collided with a snow bank. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions at the time of the accident. A NOTAM was in effect at the time of the accident which reported that the runway was closed due to the icy conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8018R
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-8
- Airframe hours
- 1,987
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Engstrom, Karl A.
- Registered owner
- Engstrom, Karl A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1988 · 221 hours before
- Departed
- FCH · Fresno, CA
- Airport
- 017 · Nevada Co., runway 7, 3,920 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 242 total · 158 in this make and model · 198 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.