Beechcraft V35-B N58SB

Summary

On 27 February 1986 at about 04:24 local time, a Beechcraft V35-B registered N58SB was involved in an accident near Irvine, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 February 1986 at 04:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Irvine, California, United States

Nearest airport

John Wayne (SNA)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35-B

Registration

N58SB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Visalia → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX86FA127

1 person 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 PILOT HAD EXECUTED THE ILS RWY 19R APPROACH AND THEN REQUESTED A MISSED APPROACH, STATING THAT HE 'HAD A LOCALIZER PROBLEM'. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND THEN WAS TWICE ISSUED A LOW ALTITUDE ALERT. THE PILOT WAS FURTHER ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 3,000 FEET. RADAR AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A PARKING LOT 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS: INDEFINITE CEILING ZERO, SKY OBSCURED, VISIBILITY ONE-HALF MILE IN FOG, WIND ONE EIGHT ZERO DEGREES AT EIGHT KNOTS, ALTIMETER TWO NINE NINE FIVE, TOPS EIGHT HUNDRED FEET. THE RUNWAY VISUAL RANGE (RVR) WAS REPORTED AS MORE THAN 6,000 FEET.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.