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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech H35 · College Park, MD · February 19, 1990

Date
February 19, 1990 · 14:30 local
Place
College Park, MD
Airport
College Park Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7958D
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO90LA027
Reported as
Beech H35
Reported engine
Continental IO470G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
983 total734 in this make and model

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.

Landing in severe gusty surface wind,got a downdraft and descended into trees short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING IN SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WIND,GOT A DOWNDRAFT AND DESCENDED INTO TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.