# Accident 20030510016829A: Beech 95C55, Point Lookout, MO, May 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: Point Lookout, MO
- Airport: M Graham Clark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6258° N, 93.2289° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6258&lon=-93.2289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N541U-2005-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-C55 (registry code 1152708, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-c55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95C55
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030510016829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM LITTLE ROCK, AR (HOT) TO POINT LOOKOUT, MO (PLK). PILOT REQUESTED AND WAS GIVEN A GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29 BY SGF ATC. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AND IT HAD BEEN RAINING JUST PRIOR TO LANDING AT PLK. DURING LANDING, THE WINGS CHANGED TO A TAIL WIND. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT HYDROPLANED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS JUST ABOUT STOPPED WHEN IT WENT OFF THE END. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO SKID MARKS ON RUNWAY, WHICH WOULD INDICATE HYDROPLANING. THERE WERE MARKS IN THE GRAVEL AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE HARD SURFACE. THE RAIN MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF THE TIRES WERE SKIDDING OR ROLLING AT THAT POINT. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET OF GRAVEL FROM THE END OF THE HARD SURFACE TO THE EDGE OF A 45 DEGREE DECLINE, WHICH DROPS APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AND IS COVERED WITH ROCKS RANGING IN SIZE FROM ONE TO TWO FEET IN DIAMETER. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GRAVEL, THE DECLINE WAS TOO STEEP TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI03LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA123), May 10, 2003: Beech 95-C55 (N541U), Point Lookout, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft. Contributing factors were the sudden windshift to a tailwind, the wet runway surface, the lack of available runway overrun area and the…

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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