- Date
- April 24, 2006, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bandon, OR
- NTSB coordinates
- 45.0864, -124.4078, outside the stated state
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8689MBeech P-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060424009629A
- Case key
- 63571
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions. A crosswind was a factor.
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
In a written statement the pilot reported that the approach to landing was "normal" until the airplane crossed the runway threshold. He stated that when the airplane crossed the landing threshold a "large westerly gust sharply lifted the right wing." The pilot reported that he applied corrective actions, however the aircraft's left wing contacted the ground approximately 20-25 feet east of the runway and the airplane "cartwheeled." The pilot reported that the winds were from the southwest at 15 knots with "gusts."
Factual narrative
On April 24, 2006, at 1440 Pacific daylight time, a Beech P-35 Bonanza, N8689M, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Bandon State Airport, Bandon, Oregon. The airplane is owned by the pilot and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot and pilot rated passenger aboard the airplane were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that originated at Bandon State approximately 40 minutes prior to the accident. No flight plan was filed for the flight.
In a written statement dated May 1, the pilot reported that the approach to landing was "normal" until the airplane crossed the runway threshold. He stated that when the airplane crossed the landing threshold a "large westerly gust sharply lifted the right wing." The pilot reported that he applied corrective actions, however the aircraft's left wing contacted the ground approximately 20-25 feet east of the runway and the airplane "cartwheeled."
The pilot reported that the winds were from the southwest at 15 knots with "gusts."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8689M
- Reported as
- Beech P-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D7281
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Garry N. Gorst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S05 · Bandon, OR
- Destination
- Bandon, OR
- Airport
- S05 · Bandon State, runway 16
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 4,742 total · 829 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.