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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Argyle, NY · January 27, 2010

Date
January 27, 2010 · 14:42 local
Place
Argyle, NY
Airport
Argyle
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N800G
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10CA125
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
885 total50 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot attempted to land heading north at 1C3 when he attempted touchdown on runway, aircraft began to slide on wet grass or ice. Pilot was unable to stop aircraft. Did not have enough room to abort landing. Aircraft travelled off the end of the runway across local road before striking fence and coming to rest in horse pasture with plane now facing south. Substantial damage resulted to the aircraft, left main landing gear and left and right wing main structure.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND HEADING NORTH AT 1C3 WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE ON WET GRASS OR ICE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP AIRCRAFT. DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO ABORT LANDING. AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY ACROSS LOCAL ROAD BEFORE STRIKING FENCE AND COMING TO REST IN HORSE PASTURE WITH PLANE NOW FACING SOUTH. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE AIRCRAFT, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT AND RIGHT WING MAIN STRUCTURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.