# Accident 19990205001109A: Beech 58, Gaylord, MI, February 5, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1999, 22:15 local time
- Place: Gaylord, MI
- Airport: Otsego County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0201° N, 84.6707° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0201&lon=-84.6707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58AK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,260 total, 342 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990205001109A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON FEBRUARY 5, 1999, AT 2115 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A BEECH 58, N58AK, OPERATED BY AN INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 9 (6,500' X 100' ASPHALT WITH A POOR BRAKING ADVISORY) AT OTSEGO COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR GAYLORD, MICHIGAN. THE AIRPLANE LANDED 15 FEET LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 9 AND EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO A SNOW BANK. THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR 91. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, AT 2020. (.4)THE PILOT SAID THAT THE ICING CONDITIONS OBSCURED THE VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD EVEN WITH THE APPLICATION OF ANTI-ICING FLUID.  IN HIS WRITTEN REPORT, HE SAID THAT THE APPROACH LIGHTS CAME ON AND THAT THE RUNWAY LIGHTS DID NOT. HE SAID THAT HE HAD NO VISUAL REFERENCE TO THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING FLARE.  HE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE RUNWAY, BUT STRUCK A SNOWBANK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEM HAS TWO RECEIVERS ON THE PILOT CONTROLLED FREQUENCY 118.9.  ONE RECEIVER C                  ONTROLS THE APPROACH LIGHTS AND THE OTHER CONTROLS THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY LIGHTS. BECAUSE THE APPROACH LIGHTS RECEIVER IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE APPROACH, IT HAS BETTER RECEPTION THAN THE RUNWAY LIGHTS RECEIVER DOES.

## 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 CHI99LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA086), Feb 6, 1999: Beech 58 (N58AK), Gaylord, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot not obtaining proper runway centerline alignment during landing. Associated factors were the pilot's obscured view through the iced windshield, the runway lights not activating…

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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