BeechBonanza

At 15:30 CST, a Beech Bonanza was damaged during a hard landing on runway 36 at Johnson County Airport. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight departed Coffey County Airport near Burlington at 14:56. The pilot reported that he had ice on the windshield and wings which was visually confirmed by a post-accident witness to be approximately -inch thick. The pilot additionally stated that his approach speed was 110 knots at the runway….

At about 05:50 EST, a pilot was killed while hand-propping a Beech C35 at London-Corbin Airport-MaGee Field. A witness heard an engine start, then quit. He then heard it crank a few more times. He looked out the door of his office, and saw the pilot get out of his airplane. The witness began to walk toward the airplane, when he saw the pilot begin to hand-prop it. The engine fired, and the propeller spun, hitting the pilot….

About 04:45 PST, all four occupants of a Beech Bonanza were killed when the airplane struck high terrain near Chino. The flight had originated at Corona, Calif., enroute to Lake Tahoe. The Chino airport reported visual conditions and a 1,100-foot overcast at the time of the accident. Radar data showed a target that initially headed west, turned north, and then made a 360-degree turn to the left. The initial recorded altitude of the target was 900 feet mean sea level (msl) and the last recorded altitude was 2,400 feet msl. The terrain around the crash site showed extensive fire damage. Preliminary examination of the wreckage indicated that the airplane struck the ground while in cruise config…

At about 05:18 PDT, a Beech 36 hit trees and power transformers and crashed on a city street near Montgomery Field, killing the two occupants. The airplane was on an ILS approach to runway 28R when the accident occurred. At 05:18, the air traffic controller asked the pilot if he was receiving the glide slope satisfactorily and the pilot replied affirmative. The controller then advised the pilot to contact the Montgomery Advisory Frequency, since the control tower was not operating at this time. At 05:19, the controller issued a low altitude alert for the pilot -mile east of the outer marker. Two witnesses reported hearing an explosion, after which the streetlights went out. One witness sa…

Approximately 17:00 PDT, a Beech C33, N1310A, experienced a landing gear collapse or inadvertent retraction while performing a touch-and-go landing on runway 30 at Portland-Hillsboro Airport and the aircraft slid to a stop on its belly. The pilot and his passenger were uninjured. The pilot said he lowered the gear on downwind at midfield, and rechecked it on base and final. He said the approach and touchdown were normal but that, while rolling on the runway just after touchdown, he saw the nose start to go down. The pilot pulled back on the yoke but was going too slow to raise the nose. Inspectors found overstress damage to the nose landing gear linkage. In a post-accident test, investigator…

At about 13:45 EDT, a Beech A35 Bonanza made a forced landing short of Phillipsburg Airport. The pilot was uninjured and the passenger received minor injuries. The engine failed about five miles from the indended destination. The fuel selector was on the right tank, which was empty. The left tank was full….

At approximately 10:19 MDT, a Beech V35A crashed into mountains during cruise flight and the pilot is presumed dead. The aircraft departed Lees Summit, Mo. at approximately 06:00 CST and was en route to Kremmling, Colo. IMC prevailed but no flight plan was filed. The pilot was instructed by Denver Approach to contact Denver Center but failed to do so. The aircraft was located along the north face of Arapaho Peak at about 14:30 the following afternoon. The aircraft impacted mountainous terrain at an elevation of 12,500 feet. A witness said he heard a plane flying overhead traveling low to the ground. He looked up but was unable to see the aircraft due to the low cloud layer. He stated that a…

At 1132 eastern time, a Beech S-35 struck terrain in cruise flight near Clear Spring, killing the pilot. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The pilot departed about 1000 and then returned because he could not maintain VFR. At 1121 he departed a second time. At 1126 he requested flight following from Washington Center and said he could not maintain VFR. The Center controller suggested he return to his origination point of Hagerstown Airport and file IFR. A tower controller at Hagerstown briefly saw the airplane cruising at 1000 feet msl in an area where terrain was about 700 feet msl. Witnesses near the crash site reported rain and dense fog. The p…

At about 10:53 EST, a Beechcraft S35, piloted by Itzhak Jacoby crashed shortly after takeoff from Linden. All three aboard were killed and 22 people on the ground received varying degrees of injuries, from minor cuts to third degree burns. IMC prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. Records show that pilot contacted New York Departure Control and was instructed to turn left to a heading of 010 degrees, and climb to 5,000 feet msl. A few seconds later, the controller revised the clearance, and instructed the pilot to maintain 2,000 feet. Thirty-five seconds after that, the controller instructed the pilot to turn left to a heading of 270 degrees, to which the pilot did not reply. The contr…

At 11:08 CST, a Beech BE35 was damaged in a forced landing following a loss of power near Stillwater. The pilot was seriously injured and the passenger sustained minor injuries. The pilots spouse said the pilot reported losing engine power shortly after departing Stillwater Municipal Airport. Investigators found the right fuel tank empty and the left fuel tank full. The fuel selector was positioned on the right fuel tank and the fuel quantity indicator selector was positioned to indicate the quantity in the left tank….