John Wayne Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Newport Beach, California 92660
Sunday, October 7, 1984 17:59 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PROPELLER SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB STRAIGHT AHEAD AND WAS THEN OBSERVED IN S STEEP LEFT TURN DURING WHICH IT DESCENDED AND CRASHED INTO THE ROOF OF A BUILDING APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. ONE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER BLADE WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY. THE OTHER PROPELLER BLADE, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS, WAS FOUND ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PROPELLER HUB WAS SEPARATED, LONGITUDINALLY, ALONG THE CENTERLINE. THE LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLERS HAD BEEN OVERHAULED AND WERE INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT AT THE RECENT ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ACCUMULATED A TOTAL OF 3.6 HOURS SINCE THE INSTALLATION.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/7/1984
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1759
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City NEWPORT BEACH
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92660
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport JOHN WAYNE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID SNA
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 225
Airport Elevation 54
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1745 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 30
Weather Observation Facility ID SNA
Elevation of weather observation facility 54
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Partial Obscuration
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 4
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 27
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 17
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 220
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
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 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 3300
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 27862
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 N9572Y
NTSB Number LAX85FA006
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 BEECH
Aircraft Model 95-A55
Aircraft Series Identifier 95-A55
Aircraft Serial Number TC-352
Certified Max Gross Weight 4880
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 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Sep 7 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 36
Airframe Hours 3650
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name CLOYD H. KLINGENSMITH
Aircraft Owner Street Address 17731 IRVINE BOULEVARD
Aircraft Owner City TUSTIN
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92680
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) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SNA
Departure City SANTA ANA
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1758
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
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 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 19
Runway Length 5700
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --