- Date
- June 6, 1992, 18:00 local (Jun 7, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Panguitch, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9035VBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920606018419A
- Case key
- 42827
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Shorting of the grounding wire (p lead) to the magnetos followed by overloading of the nose wheel strut. A factor contributing to the accident was: rough/uneven terrain.
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
While turning base to runway 19 at the Panguitch municipal airport the pilot experienced a complete loss of power. Unable to make the runway he executed a forced landing on rough terrain short of the threshold. During the landing roll the nose wheel strut sustained overload forces and separated from the aircraft. Post crash examination and testing of the ignition system revealed that the grounding wires (p leads), where they enter the magneto housing, had shorted against the retaining nut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9035V
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-9407
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lane, Jeffrey G.
- Registered owner
- Davenport, Leo A. & Glenda F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1991 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- U55 · Panguitch Municipal, runway 19, 4,200 × 75 ft
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,490 total · 1,327 in this make and model · 2,111 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDC, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.