- Date
- April 24, 1992, 09:21 local (16:21 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N123JHBeech S35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920424011049A
- Case key
- 27422
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed above the airplane's stall speed (vs) and inadvertent entry into a spin. The engine failure resulting from contaminated fuel and inadequate preflights were factors in the accident.
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 aircraft's engine failed during the initial takeoff climb phase of flight and the aircraft stalled, entered a spin and collided with the ground. An examination of the aircraft's engine and fuel system disclosed contaminants (corrosion) in the fuel pump, fuel flow divider, and fuel injector nozzles. The was no evidence of other preexisting failures or malfunctions that would have contributed to the propulsion system failure or the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123JH
- Reported as
- Beech S35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7477
- Airframe hours
- 5,375
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Broersma, Garrett & Marlene
- Registered owner
- Broersma, Garrett & Marlene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1991 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- LGB
- Airport
- LGB · Daugherty Field, runway 25, 5,420 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,136 total · 344 in this make and model · 1,893 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.