# Accident 19981208032959A: Beech A36, Mathews, VA, December 8, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mathews, VA
- Airport: Holly Point Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4301° N, 76.3190° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4301&lon=-76.3190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3237Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981208032959A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP, SLID INTO THE TREES. (-23) AIRCRAFT N32372, BE36, LANDED ON PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY. GRASS RUNWAY WAS WET FROM RAIN SHOWERS. AIRCRAFT SLID ON WET GRASS RUNWAY, IMPACTED TREES AS AIRCRAFT SLID OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. DAMAGED RIGHT AND LEFT WINGS, CONTROL SURFACES AND PROPELLER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA035), Dec 8, 1998: Beech 36 (N3237Q), Mathews, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with less than full-down flaps. Contributing factors were the wet landing surface and the tree.

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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