# Accident 20020706017279A: Beech B50, Canton, AL, July 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2002, 05:19 local time
- Place: Canton, AL
- Airport: Gragg-Wade Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8506° N, 86.6167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8506&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N550G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N550G-2003-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B50 (registry code 1152506, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B50
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020706017279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26 AT CLANTON COUNTY AIRPORT WAS NORMAL, UNTIL THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF FLIGHT. HE ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ASYMMETRICAL THRUST TOWARDS THE LEFT WHILE SETTLING ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS, AND IMPACTED A FENCE, ELECTRICAL POWER BOX, AND SOME STEEL BEAMS, RESULTING IN FURTHER LOSS OF CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. (.19) ON JULY 6, 2002, ABOUT 2250, CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH B50, N550G, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED WHILE LANDING AT GRAGG-WADE FIELD, CLANTON, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND ONE PILOT-RATED PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PELL CITY, ALABAMA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 2130. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, AND THAT THE LANDING FLA                                                                      RE/TOUCHDOWN WAS UNEVENTFUL. HE SAID THAT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT, AND THE PILOT APPEARED TO BE APPLYING CORRECTIVE RUDDER INPUT TRYING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PASSENGER SAID THAT THE PILOT EVEN ASKED HIM IF HE HAD HIS FEET ON THE RUDDER, AND HE REPLIED NO, STATING THAT HE HAD HIS FEET FLAT ON THE FLOOR. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO THE GRASS, AND CONTINUED ON, COLLIDED WITH SOME STEEL BEAMS, WHICH SHEARED OFF THE LANDING GEAR, AND DAMAGED A WING, AS WELL AS THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## 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 MIA02LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA130), Jul 7, 2002: Beech B50 (N550G), Clanton, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted landing that resulted in a ground swerve and the airplane exiting the runway and collided with a fence, incurring…

## Other reports on N550G (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010215003229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010215003229I), Feb 15, 2001: Beech B50 (N550G), Raleigh-Durham, NC. (-23) N550G landed long at night on runway 32 at rdu (3,569 ft) and ran off the end of the runway. No injury to aircraft or personnel.
- [Incident 19861009062069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861009062069I), Oct 9, 1986: Beech B50 (N550G), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Failed to lower gear or check indicator lights before landing. Landed gear up.

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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