- Date
- July 11, 1990, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Los Banos, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3704DBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900711025269A
- Case key
- 26863
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Probable cause
The pilot's use of excessive airspeed during landing and his not attaining a proper touchdown point on the runway.
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.
Overrun
Airspeed(vref) - excessiveCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Analysis
The pilot and four passengers landed at the pilot's personal airstrip during a business flight. During rollout the airplane skidded for about 800 feet, overran the departure end of the 2600 foot-long runway, and collided with rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3704D
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1755
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward F. Olivera
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- Los Banos, CA
- Airport
- NONE · Olivera Farms, runway 28, 2,600 × 25 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,460 total · 1,550 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °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.