- Date
- July 27, 1989, 18:00 local (Jul 28, 1989, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lower Lake, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18789Beech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890727025659A
- Case key
- 26454
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to identify the sink rate soon enough to take corrective action.
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 pilot-in-command and the safety pilot both stated they were making an approach to runway 30 when the sink rate of the airplane increased. They applied power but the airplane struck the ground short of the runway. Both pilots stated it was a downdraft/windshear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18789
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-501
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Holar, Lief
- Registered owner
- Leif & Leona Holan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- 209 · Pearce Field, runway 30, 2,485 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 711 total · 15 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.