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LAX83FUM02 · Beech C24R

12 Dec 1982 · Ramona, CA, United States

Star Aircraft Sales Beech C24R · Accident: loss of control in flight on approach

From L39 · BIG BEAR, CA to Gillespie Field (SEE)

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Event

NTSB case
LAX83FUM02
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Instrument Meteorological Cond

Beech C24R

Aircraft type
Beechcraft 24
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N38034
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From L39 · BIG BEAR, CATo Gillespie Field (SEE), Ramona, CA
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Approach · VFR go-around
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Loss of control in flight
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Substantial

Cause areas

  • Other crewmember › Proper assistance, not performed
  • Pilot in command › Aircraft handling, not maintained
  • Pilot in command › Spatial disorientation

Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.

NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A STEEL SUPPORTING CABLE ATTACHED TO A POWER LINE POLE DURING A GO-AROUND (MISSED APPROACHED). IT WAS A DARK NIGHT WITH VARYING DEGREES OF VISIBILITY NEAR THE GROUND DUE TO FOG. THERE WERE TWO PLTS ON BOARD THE ACCIDENT ACFT BUT THE ONE DOING THE ACTUAL FLYING OF THE APPROACHES WAS NOT QUALIFIED FOR NIGHT FLYING AND WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED HAVEING MADE 4 APPROACHES TO LAND BUT IN EACH CASE VISUAL CONTACT WAS LOST AND A GO-AROUND INITIATED. THEY HAD DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER ARPT WHEN THE COLLISION WITH THE CABLE OCCURRED. ALT AT IMPACT WAS ABOUT 6 FT AGL. THE LEFT WING HAD STRUCK THE CABLE AND STARTED TO BURN. DURING THE GROUND SLIDE OF 235 FT THE LEFT WING AND FIRE SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT AND ALL OCCUPANTS EGRESSED WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE ACCIDENT LOCATION WAS ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM THE ARPT. AT IMPACT THE ACFT WAS IN A LEFT BANK AND DESCENDING AT ABOUT 500 FT A MINUTE.

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Sources

NTSB record LAX83FUM02
Event ID
20020917X04822
Case number
LAX83FUM02
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: local date, investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date; the NTSB stores the UTC date 1982-12-13.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: 60540bfe713baed9f26d124079a282920c0428cdc31c78bde38ef15732869821; retrieved 2026-09-22T02:49:29.585Z.