- Date
- January 18, 1989, 12:56 local (20:56 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N58072Boeing A75
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890118000859A
- Case key
- 26326
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather, and the sudden wind shift that was encountered during takeoff. The trees & wall were related factors.
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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather evaluation - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
On ground/water collision with object
Object - wall/barricadeFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58072
- Reported as
- Boeing A75
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-596
- Engine
- Continental R-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Zimmerman, William J.
- Registered owner
- Jack H.T. Prentice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- TOA · CA
- Airport
- L16 · Huntington Beach, runway 1, 2,330 × 36 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 4,483 total · 875 in this make and model · 3,970 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N58072 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.