# NTSB SEA88LA085: Beech 35, N2839V, Pasco, WA, April 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1988, 11:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Coordinates: 46.410369, -118.899307 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4104&lon=-118.8993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40808
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40808/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA085

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - electrical system,circuit breaker - popped/tripped (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LNDG ROLL, NLG AND RMLG COLLAPSED. DURING TOW IN FROM RWY, LNDG GEAR CB WAS NOTED TO BE TRIPPED. CAUSE OF CB ACTIVATION UNK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2839V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2839V-2020-06-26), registration cancelled 2020-06-26, S/N D-244, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Registry model: [Beech 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (registry code 1151502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-244
- Airframe hours: 3900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-185-1 185 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Michael G. Van Dinter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 17, 1987
- Departed: SFF, SPOKANE, WA
- Airport: PSC, Tri-Cities, runway 21, 7,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 325 total, 275 in this make and model, 235 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PSC

## 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 19880428035679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880428035679A), Apr 28, 1988: Beech 35BEECH, Pasco, WA, Substantial damage. Nose and right main landing gears collpased during turnoff runway after landing.

## Other investigations on N2839V (3)

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.

- [NTSB WPR19LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA171), May 3, 2019: Beech 35 (N2839V), Deer Park, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An empennage flutter event for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
- [NTSB CHI97IA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97IA122), Apr 29, 1997: Beech 35 (N2839V), Spokane, WA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: the vibration of the fuselage was due to flutter.
- [NTSB SEA96LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA181), Aug 1, 1996: Beech 35 (N2839V), Spokane, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure (cracking) of the aft fuselage bulkhead for undetermined reason(s).

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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