# Incident 20020122001419I: Beech 400A, Elberta, AL, January 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2002, 08:48 local time
- Place: Elberta, AL
- Airport: Nolfwolf
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SUEA
- Location: 30.3736° N, 87.5959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elberta, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3736&lon=-87.5959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N912SH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020122001419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM (TPA) TAMPA, FL TO (JKA) GULF SHORES, AL AND WERE CLEARED TO PENSI INTERSECTION THEN DIRECT JKA. MR. SHAPPEE STATED THAT PENSACOLA APPROACH CALLED THE AIRPORT @ 12:00 AND 7 OR 11 MILES, HE WAS NOT SURE WHICH. HE STATED THAT THEY REPORTED THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT; HOWEVER, BOTH PILOTS SAW WOLF FIELD, THE WRONG AIRPORT, AND NOT JKA. BOTH GULF SHORES AND NAVY WOLF OLF ARE ON NEARLY THE SAME COURSE FROM PENSI INTERSECTION 9 MILES APART. GULF SHORES AND WOLF ARE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THE COAST LINE AND HAVE VERY SIMILAR RUNWAY LAYOUT, HOWEVER WOLF FIELD IS NOT DEPICTED ON THE IFR ENROUTE LOW ALTITUDE CHART WHICH MR. SHAPPEE STATED THEY WERE USING AT THE TIME. MR. SHAPPEE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAS FULL EFIS WITH A FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THEY WERE UTILIZING THE GPS UNTIL THEY REPORTED THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT AND BEGAN A VISUAL APPROACH WHILE ACCOMPLISHING THEIR BEFORE LANDING CHECK LIST. HE STATED EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AS THEY LANDED ON RUNWAY 27, HOWEVER THEY LANDED AT THE WRONG AIRPORT AND WERE UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE ROLLING OFF THE END OF THE SHORTER RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TUGGED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH NO DAMAGE.

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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