- Date
- August 4, 1967
- Place
- Arvin, CA · ARVIN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2988BBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115057
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2620 67/8/4 ARVIN, CALIF BEECH D35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 750 TIME - 1015 N2988B PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAR MOUNTAIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISTORTED REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE FAILED. PLT INTENTIONALLY SWERVED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2988B
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bear Mountain
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Other investigations on N2988B · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX93FA335Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportAlpine, CAThe failure of the pilot to maintain direction control during the initial takeoff climb which placed an obstruction in the airplane's takeoff flight path and a subsequent inadvertent stall. A factor in the accident was the existing crosswind.NTSB LAX67D0150Accident · No injuriesClosedBig Bear, CANTSB LAX66F0214Accident · No injuriesClosedSan Diego, CANTSB UNK64X4170Accident · No injuriesClosedPuyallup, WA