- Date
- October 13, 1990, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N789DBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901013050239A
- Case key
- 27044
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain an altitude adequate to avoid colliding with ojbects during takeoff.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported to maintenance personnel at bishop airport that the airplane had collided with a rock when he departed a privately owned airstrip near Independence, CA. Maintenance personnel reported finding the airplane's forward wing spar separated from its respective wing-to-fuselage attachment fitting. The safety board has not received the required pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 from the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Coxall, Richard
- Registered owner
- Richard Coxall
- Destination
- BIH · Bishop, CA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.