Livermore Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Livermore, California 94550
Friday, May 3, 1985 21:42 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT LANDED HARD AND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE IMPACT COLLAPSED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE. THE PLT REPORTED THAT ON SHORT FINAL A MUFFLED 'POP' WAS HEARD AND THE ACFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS REGAINED AND THE ACFT LANDED HARD. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY PRE-IMPACT FAILURE/MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT OR ENGS. RIGHT ENG PROP SLASH MARKS IN THE RWY INDICATE PWR WAS BEING PRODUCED ON THE ENG AT TOUCHDOWN.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/3/1985
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 2142
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City LIVERMORE
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 94550
Event Date Year 1985
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LIVERMORE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LVK
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 397
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 2046 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID LVK
Elevation of weather observation facility 397
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Night/Dark
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) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 13
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 11
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 180
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 394
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1863
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date May 3 1985 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 2215
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 29245
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N444LM
NTSB Number LAX85LA236
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 None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name FAIRCHILD
Aircraft Model SA226T
Aircraft Series Identifier SA226T
Aircraft Serial Number T295
Certified Max Gross Weight 10062
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 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Apr 6 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 40
Airframe Hours 3468
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name LANDMARK LAND CO.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 100 CLOCK TOWER PLACE
Aircraft Owner City CARMEL
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 93923
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code TRM
Departure City THERMAL
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 2000
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code LVK
Destination City LIVERMORE
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
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 25
Runway Length 4005
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --