# NTSB SEA06CA084: Beech P-35, N8689M, Bandon, OR, April 24, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 24, 2006, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Bandon, OR
- Location: 43.0865° N, 124.4079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANDON STATE (S05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB coordinates: 45.086387, -124.407775, outside the stated state
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0865&lon=-124.4079&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63571
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63571/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA084

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions.  A crosswind was a factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8689M-2006-08-09), registration cancelled 2006-08-09, S/N D-7281, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech P-35
- Registry model: [Beech P35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (registry code 1151530) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D7281
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060424009629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424009629A), Apr 24, 2006: Beech P35, Brandon, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing as the pilot eliminated the crab into the wind and was establishing a slip a large gust lifted the right wing causing the left wing to…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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