Meadows Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Bakersfield, California 93308
Wednesday, November 26, 1986 16:14 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLT, THE STUDENT PLT & INSTRUCTOR (CFI) MADE AN ILS LOW APCH TO RWY 30R. DRG A GO-ARND (MISSED APCH)A TWR CTLR OBSVD A 'LIGHT TRACE OF SMOKE' EMANATING FM THE ENG EXHAUST. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT 'BANKED HARD TO THE LEFT AND APPEARED TO STALL.' SUBSEQUENTLY, IT IMPACTED THE GND IN APRX A 20 DEG NOSE DWN, SLIGHTLY LEFT WING LOW, ATTITUDE. IMPACT OCCURRED APRX 1000' SE FM THE DEP END OF RWY 30R. THE FUSELAGE & INBRD WING SECTIONS WERE BADLY BURNED.MINIMAL ROTATIONAL DMG WAS FND ON THE PROP/PROP SPINNER. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND DRG AN EXAM OFTHE WRECKAGE. HOWEVER, THE 3 PSN, AUX FUEL BOOST PUMP SW (INSTALLED IAW AD 87-08-05 & BEECH SB 2033) WAS FND IN THE HI BOOST PSN. THE RESPECTIVE FUEL TRUCK HAD BEEN DRAINED FOR MAINT BFR SAMPLES COULD BE OBTAINED. MAINT PSNL NOTED PARTICU-LATE IN THE FUEL, BUT NONE WAS FND IN THE ACFT FUEL SCREENS. AFTER MINOR REPAIRS, THE ENG STARTED & OPERD NORMALLY. THE FLT MANUAL PROHIBITS USE OF HI BOOST, EXCEPT WHEN THE ENG DRIVEN PUMP FAILS AS EVIDENCED BY ZERO FUEL FLOW.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/26/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1614
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City BAKERSFIELD
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 93308
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MEADOWS FIELD
Event Location Nearest Airport ID BFL
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 490
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1615 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID BFL
Elevation of weather observation facility 490
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 17
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 4
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 4
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2762
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 26 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1703
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35633
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:19PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6750L
NTSB Number LAX87MA052
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion Ground
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH
Aircraft Model A36TC
Aircraft Series Identifier A36TC
Aircraft Serial Number EA-83
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 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 10 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 54
Airframe Hours 1060
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JOSEPH E. GOESLING
Aircraft Owner Street Address 6317 EUCLID AVE.
Aircraft Owner City BAKERSFIELD
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 93308
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
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) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code BFL
Departure City BAKERSFIELD
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1559
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 30R
Runway Length 9100
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --