- Date
- September 22, 1982, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walterboro, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8940MBeech C33
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820922048509A
- Case key
- 72952
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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.
Undershoot
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Planned approach - inaccurateCause
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Analysis
Pilot was not aligned with runway and was too low. When power was added and turn made to align, aircraft collided with ground short of runway. No malfunction found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8940M
- Reported as
- Beech C33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD930
- Airframe hours
- 2,880
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-K, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Todd M. Wilson
- Registered owner
- Donald Wilson
- Departed
- Nashville, TN
- Destination
- Walterboro, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RBW · Walterboro Muni, runway 23, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
N8940MRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Beech 35-C33Airframe modelBeech 35-C33Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 41 in this make and model · 186 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 151 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.