Beechcraft 77 N1805Z

Summary

On 18 May 1982 at about 17:45 local time, a Beechcraft 77 registered N1805Z, operated by Mendocino Aviation, was involved in an accident near Little River, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 May 1982 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Little River, California, United States

Coordinates

39.2601, -123.7607

Aircraft

Beechcraft 77

Registration

N1805Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mendocino Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Little River → Little River

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82DA182

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO MAKE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT HARD ON THE RUNWAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A SHARP LEFT TURN. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE FLAPS WERE RAISED IN AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLEAR TREES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN A DRAINAGE DITCH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.