# Incident 19970924033569I: Beech 200BEECH, Lake Charles, LA, September 24, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1997, 06:35 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Chennault Industrial Airpark
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208AJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 90 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970924033569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT'S STATEMENT, LAKE CHARLES INCIDENT: PILOT WAS INFORMED THAT WEATHER WAS 11/2 MILES VISIBILITY, 900 OVERCAST WITH HEAVY RAIN. PILOT CHECKED RADAR AND DID NOT THINK THAT FLIGHT CONDITIONS WOULD BE A FACTOR IN THE APPROACH. CONTINUED WITH A STABILIZED APPROACH, BUT LANDED LONG. DUE TO WATER ON THE RUNWAY AS WELL AS LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY APPLY BRAKES. WHEN BRAKES AS WELL AS REVERSE THRUST WERE APPLIED, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO HYDROPLANE AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. CONTROLLER'S STATEMENT; LAKE CHARLES INCIDENT: INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 0630, AFTER THE FIELD HAD JUST OPENED, AND AIRCRAFT WAS FIRST TO LAND. THERE WAS STANDING WATER ON THE RUNWAY DUE TO HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WHICH WAS STILL IN PROGRESS. AIRCRAFT WAS LOST FROM SIGHT DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. PILOT CALLED TOWER TO INDICATE THAT SHE HAD EXITED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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