Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Buellton, California 93427
Saturday, April 7, 1984 11:25 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THESE ACFT COLLIDED IN FLT WHILE BEING FERRIED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC. N8711 WAS DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY AND N753CW RECEIVEDMINOR DAMAGE. BOTH ACFT LANDED AT SANTA YNEZ ARPT WHERE N8711 LOST CONTROL DURING ROLLOUT AND RAN OFF THE RWY. N753CW WAS LANDED WITH THE RIGHT ENG SHUT DOWN. EACH PLT SAID THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE OTHER ACFT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/7/1984
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1125
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City BUELLTON
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 93427
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator Yes
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 260
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1125
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
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) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 316
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 16
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 20
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
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 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 822
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 24540
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 #2

Aircraft Registration Number N8711 N753CW
NTSB Number LAX84LA245A LAX84LA245B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Minor
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BEECH BEECH
Aircraft Model E18S E18S
Aircraft Series Identifier E18S E18S
Aircraft Serial Number BA384 BA-371
Certified Max Gross Weight 9300 9300
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 10 10
Number of Engines 2 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Jun 1 1983 12:00AM Oct 1 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 46 90
Airframe Hours 7420 9520
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name BILL CLARK A.A. PORTANOVA & SONS, INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3450 E.SPRING ST. P.O. BOX
Aircraft Owner City LONG BEACH AGOURA
Aircraft Owner State CA CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 91301
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name COAST AIR FREIGHT
Operator Same as Owner? No Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes No
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown 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) Positioning Positioning
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event No No
Departure Airport Code SMX SMX
Departure City SANTA MARIA SANTA MARIA
Departure State CA CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1113 1111
Departure Time Zone PST PST
Destination Same as Local Flt -- --
Destination Airport Code LGB HHR
Destination City LONG BEACH HAWTHORNE
Destination State CA CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Climb Climb
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0 0
Runway Length 0 0
Runway Width 0 0
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --