Beechcraft H35 N391B

Summary

On 31 May 1983 at about 01:50 local time, a Beechcraft H35 registered N391B was involved in an accident near Antioch, California, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 May 1983 at 01:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Antioch, California, United States

Nearest airport

Antioch (012)

Coordinates

37.9900, -121.8106

Aircraft

Beechcraft H35

Registration

N391B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Napa → Antioch

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FA256

4 people died.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE DURING FLT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO LAND. WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE PATTERN AS BEING CLOSE IN, SLOW AND LOW COMPARED TO NORMAL TRAFFIC. THE ATTITUDE OF THE ACFT WAS DESCRIBED AS NOSE HIGH. AS THE ACFT TURNED TO FINAL APPROACH THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE ACFT WENT INTO A STEEP NOSE DOWN DESCENT. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT A NOSE LOW ANGLE OF 27 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST. NO GROUND SCARS WERE FOUND BEYOND THE INITIALPOINT OF CONTACT. THE LOWER FUSELAGE DUG ABOUT 16 INCHES INTO THE GROUND. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND IN THE EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT. THE PLTS TRAINING WAS UNUSUAL. HIS FIRST 31 HOURS OF 'DUAL' ARE UNSIGNED AND A WITNESS SAID THE INSTRUCTION WAS GIVEN BY A PRIVATE PLT. THE REMAINDER OF HIS 46 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION CAME FROM 2 DIFFERENT INSTRUCTOR, ABOUT 11 HOURS FROM ONE AND ABOUT 4 HOURS FROM THE OTHER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.