Beechcraft V35 N117P

Summary

On 7 January 1982 at about 17:25 local time, a Beechcraft V35 registered N117P, operated by Clark S McCarty, was involved in an accident near Westminister, Maryland, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 January 1982 at 17:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Westminister, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Clearview (2W2)

Coordinates

39.5691, -77.0004

Aircraft

Beechcraft V35

Registration

N117P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clark S McCarty

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gaithersburg → Westminister

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA031

Nobody was injured.

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 REPORTED ENCOUNTERING SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS AND TURBULENCE AT THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. HE STATED THAT HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN PREMATURELY AND WAS ANGLED ABOUT 30 DEGREES RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN BRUSH AND SMALL TREES WITH THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ONE HOUR AND 20 MINUTES LATER, THE INVESTIGATOR LANDED AT THE AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL AND 100 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, HE ENCOUNTERED AN ABRUPT LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND THE RIGHT WING AND NOSE DROPPED. HE APPLIED POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT LOST AN ADDITIONAL 50 FEET BEFORE HIS PLANNED APPROACH AIRSPEED WAS REGAINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.