- Date
- April 7, 1982, 23:05 local (Apr 8, 1982, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7377Beech 65-A90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820407008289A
- Case key
- 73073
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Before landing, the pilot was advised by approach control that Boeing 737 training was being conducted on runway 33. The pilot agreed to land on runway 21 and hold short of runway 33. The aircrews conducting 737 training were so advised. The aircraft was on final approach shortly after the tower closed at 2300 EST. The pilot did not see the runway lights, but at first, he thought they were set on low intensity and could not be seen with hangar and ramp lights in the background. At 150 to 200 ft AGL, he saw the runway when it was illuminated by his landing lights and realized the runway lights were not on. Quickly, he decided to land rather than go-around and conflict with the traffic using runway 33. Shortly after reaching for the throttles to reduce power to idle and land, the plane stalled from 20 to 50 ft AGL and landed hard. An investigation revealed that the pilot had inadvertently moved the propeller controls to the reverse pitch position. The pilot had been on duty since his first takeoff at 0600.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7377
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ 115
- Airframe hours
- 7,600
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-20, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- N.W. Financial Corp.
- Registered owner
- N.W. Financial Corp.
- Departed
- LYH · Lynchburg, VA
- Destination
- INT · Winston, NC
- Airport
- INT · Smith Reynolds, runway 21, 3,938 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 25,968 total · 2,365 in this make and model · 9,999 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.