# NTSB ATL06CA013: Beech BE-76, N3873X, Greer, SC, November 7, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 7, 2005, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Greer, SC
- Coordinates: 34.885833, -82.217498
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8858&lon=-82.2175&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Columbia FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62788
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62788/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA013

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance which resulted in an undershoot of the runway, and the collision with trees.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

The pilot was completing an instrument cross country flight when the accident occurred. Upon arrival at the destination airport the pilot canceled his instrument clearance and began a visual approach to the private airstrip. While on a 1/4 mile final approach to land the airplane collided with trees and fell to the ground. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the airplane resting in a wooded area nose down and inverted. Crush damage was observed on the leading edge of the left and right wing. The pilot did not report any mechanical deficiencies with the airplane during the approach to land.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was completing an instrument cross country flight when the accident occurred. Upon arrival at the destination airport the pilot canceled his instrument clearance and began a visual approach to the private airstrip. While on a  1/4 mile final approach to land the airplane collided with trees and fell to the ground. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the airplane resting in a wooded area nose down and inverted. Crush damage was observed on the leading edge of the left and right wing. The pilot did not report any mechanical deficiencies with the airplane during the approach to land.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3873X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3873X-2005-12-20), registration cancelled 2005-12-20, S/N ME-410, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-76
- Registry model: [Beech 76](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (registry code 1153005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: ME410
- Airframe hours: 1192
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1G 180 horsepower reciprocating; Lycoming LO360A1G6D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arnold Elbert Emery Lumber INC.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2005, 16 hours before
- Departed: Fort Wayne, IN
- Destination: PVT, Greer, SC
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 76; injuries: minor; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; flight hours: 2,395 total, 542 in this make and model, 2,350 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.21 inHg
- Observed at: GSP

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20051107026779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051107026779A), Nov 7, 2005: Beech 76, Greer, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) During a night time final approach to rwy 03 at Emery (SC36), landrum, SC, the aircraft struck several trees, rolled inverted, and impacted the ground.…

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.

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