- Date
- October 20, 2001, 14:51 UTC
- Place
- St Clair Spring, AL
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1929WBeech 19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Birmingham FSDO
- FAA report
- 20011020036199A
- Case key
- 53688
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the touchdown point that resulted in the runway overrun.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon arriving at the destination airport, the flight entered the traffic pattern for a runway 27 approach and landing. A nearby eyewitness reported that the airplane appeared to be high on the approach to land on the 2000-foot long sod airstrip. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway and collided with a berm and sheared off the main landing gear. The airplane came to rest in the front yard of a nearby resident. The post-accident examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. The aircraft maintenance logs were not recovered for examination.
Factual narrative
On October 20, 2001, at 1451 central daylight time, a Beech 19, N1929W, was registered to a private owner and operated by the pilot, collided with the ground and a berm during an attempted landing to a private sod airstrip near St. Clair Springs, Alabama. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The private pilot and his two passengers received minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial structural damage. The flight departed Attala County Airport in Kosciusko, Mississippi, at 1230.
According to the pilot after takeoff, he established radio and radar contact with Memphis Center for flight following. Flight following continued until the flight was within range of the destination airport. Upon arriving at the destination airport, the flight entered the traffic pattern for a runway 27 approach and landing. A nearby eyewitness reported that the airplane appeared to be high on the approach to land on the 2000-foot long sod airstrip. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway and collided with a berm and sheared off the main landing gear. The airplane came to rest in the front yard of a nearby resident.
The post-accident examination of the airplane failed to disclose a mechanical problem. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane. The aircraft maintenance logs were not recovered for examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1929W
- Reported as
- Beech 19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-593
- Airframe hours
- 3,661
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James D. Card
- Registered owner
- Anna C Power
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KOSX · Kosciusko, MS
- Destination
- St Clair Spring, AL
- Airport
- Private Grass Strip, runway 27, 2,300 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 469 total · 85 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- ANB, 187 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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