- Date
- August 8, 1992, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bishop, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92SLBeech D17S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920808030279A
- Case key
- 27722
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control; improper use of the rudder and excessive braking. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane make and model.
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 airplane returned to the departure airport after completing a local visual flight rules personal flight and was practicing takeoffs and landings on runway 30. On the third landing roll-out the pilot failed to maintain directional control and used excessive braking causing the airplane to nose over onto its back. The pilot reported that there were no preexisting airplane mechanical malfunctions and/or failures. The pilot accrued only 5 hours in the accident airplane make and model and that the accident flight was the first time he flew the airplane make and model within the preceding 90 days. The pilot reported that the surface winds were from 300 degrees between 0 and 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92SL
- Reported as
- Beech D17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 01640
- Airframe hours
- 1,922
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN3, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nikolaus, Dennis & Linda
- Registered owner
- Nikolaus, Dennis & Linda
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- BIH · Bishop, runway 3, 5,600 × 100 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 842 total · 5 in this make and model · 837 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.