- Date
- January 13, 1991, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2915BBeech D-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910113000379A
- Case key
- 27093
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control on the ground.
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
During landing rollout on runway 35 the aircraft started a gradual right turn off of the runway pavement past the runway lights and impacted a dirt berm at a 90 degree angle about 80 feet from the runway center line. On form 6120.1/2, the pilot checked off 'no mechanical malfunction or failure.' The pilot did not make a narrative statement on the form, nor did he sign or date it. The airport UNICOM was reporting winds 360 degrees at 10 knots. The pilot stated the wind was north to west at 30 knots on the 6120.1/2 form.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2915B
- Reported as
- Beech D-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3556
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones, H. Earl
- Registered owner
- Jones, H. Earl
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- P06 · Bullhead City, runway 35, 4,648 × 60 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,069 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.