- Date
- September 21, 1992, 17:50 local (Sep 22, 1992, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Anacortes, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7337BBeech E35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920921037889A
- Case key
- 42907
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor contributing to the accident was: the pilot in command's not extending the flaps for landing.
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
The pilot executed an approach and landing to runway 17, a 1700 foot long, 75 foot wide, turf strip which he owned/operated. During the rollout the aircraft's left wingtip impacted trees and a dead snag along the east (left) runway edge. On site examination revealed the aircraft's wheel tracks gradually angling toward the east edge of the runway. The nose gear was observed to have separated in a manner consistent with side imposed overload and the right main gear was observed to have collapsed due to the same conditions. On site examination of the electrically operated flaps revealed no damage/deformation in spite of the aircraft collapsing onto its right wing during the ground slide. The airport owner (pilot) published a recommendation in the 1991 airport master record that landings be made from the south except in strong south winds. The pilot reported winds at the time of the accident as from the southeast at 3-5 knots. Post crash examination of the brakes and throttle linkage revealed no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7337B
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-3800
- Airframe hours
- 5,091
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Becker, Lawrence D.
- Registered owner
- Becker, Lawrence D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 4, 1992 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- WN18
- Destination
- WN18
- Airport
- WN18 · Becker'S Landing, runway 17, 1,700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,299 total · 47 in this make and model · 2,101 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NUW, 8 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.