- Date
- June 7, 1987, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spencer, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1931DBeech C35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870607019139A
- Case key
- 34399
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During ldg, PIC failed to maintain directional control and swerved off the rwy. Ldg gear collapsed and acft was substantially damaged. Witnesses said plt and pax were behaving irrationally prior to lvf departure apt. PIC left the scene of accident and two days transpired before authorities were notified. The plt and pax were arrested the following week for possession of drug paraphenalia and drugs. At the time of arrest the police reported they appeared to be under the influence of drugs. The plt admitted he was a drug user.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1931D
- Reported as
- Beech C35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D3204
- Airframe hours
- 5,289
- Engine
- Continental E225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James S.Michelsen
- Registered owner
- James S Michelsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 16, 1986 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- C85 · Baraboo, WI
- Destination
- SPW · Spender, IA
- Airport
- SPW · Spencer, runway 30, 5,000 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 491 total · 396 in this make and model · 419 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.