Panguitch Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Panguitch, Utah 84759
Saturday, June 6, 1992 18:00 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

WHILE TURNING BASE TO RUNWAY 19 AT THE PANGUITCH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY HE EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING ON ROUGH TERRAIN SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT SUSTAINED OVERLOAD FORCES AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. POST CRASH EXAMINATION AND TESTING OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THE GROUNDING WIRES (P LEADS), WHERE THEY ENTER THE MAGNETO HOUSING, HAD SHORTED AGAINST THE RETAINING NUT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

SHORTING OF THE GROUNDING WIRE (P LEAD) TO THE MAGNETOS FOLLOWED BY OVERLOADING OF THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/6/1992
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1800
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City PANGUITCH
Event State UTAH
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 84759
Event Date Year 1992
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PANGUITCH MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID U55
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 10
Airport Elevation 6757
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1750 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 238
Weather Observation Facility ID CDC
Elevation of weather observation facility 5622
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 35
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 20000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 8000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 50
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 23
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 220
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2411
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 6 1992 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1900
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 47123
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 3:01PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9035V
NTSB Number SEA92LA120
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model V35B
Aircraft Series Identifier V35B
Aircraft Serial Number D-9407
Certified Max Gross Weight 3600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 1 1991 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 43
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DAVENPORT, LEO A. & GLENDA F.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 89 WEST 100 SOUTH
Aircraft Owner City PANGUITCH
Aircraft Owner State UT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 84759
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name LANE, JEFFREY G.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1908 WAGON WHEEL AVENUE
Operator City LAS VEGAS
Operator State NV
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 89119
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code LAS
Departure City LAS VEGAS
Departure State NV
Departure Country
Departure Time 1531
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 19
Runway Length 4200
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --