- Date
- July 31, 1989, 19:00 local (Aug 1, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hemet, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8581ABeech A35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890731025979A
- Case key
- 26460
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 had just purchased the aircraft and had flown it without mishap for 1.2 hours which also was the pilot's total flight experience in the model aircraft. The 40-year-OLD aircraft was refueled and the pilot took off. During the initial climb, engine power was lost, and the pilot made a forced landing in a soft field. The engine was subsequently examined and was found capable of functioning. The pilot's log book indicated that, prior to the flights in the accident aircraft, his last two flights were in July of 1989 (0.7 hours) and in June of 1983 (4.7 hours). The specific event in the operation of the aircraft or in the functioning of its systems which resulted in the non-mechanical engine power loss was not identified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8581A
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2003
- Engine
- Continental E-185, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Freshour, Glenn A.
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Destination
- TNP · Twentynine Palm, CA
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 510 total · 1 in this make and model · 341 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
- 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.