37.3400° N, 79.5141° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 20, 1984 · 11:30 local
Place
Bedford, VA
Airport
Smith Mountain La
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1872Z
Reported as
Beech C24R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total13 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot attempted downwind landing which resulted in aircraft running off end of runway and hitting tree.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT RUNNING OFF END OF RUNWAY AND HITTING TREE.