Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary LAX82DA340

BEAR VALLEY, CA, USA

Aircraft #1

N4357W

BEECH C23

Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED LONG AND FAST ON THE RUNWAY. HE WAS USING RUNWAY 19 AND THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTH AT 15-20 KTS. HE LANDED AND WHILE STILL ROLLING AT 65 KTS INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HE DID NOT CLIMB HIGH ENOUGH TO CLEAR SMALL TREE AND AFTER COLLIDING WITH THEM HE CRASHED AND BURNED. THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED BUT SURVIVED BY JUMPING INTO A NEAR-BY STREAM.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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