# NTSB ATL82DA282: Beech C33, N8940M, Walterboro, SC, September 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1982, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Walterboro, SC
- Coordinates: 32.900966, -80.669853 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9010&lon=-80.6699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA282
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72952/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA282

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8940M-2015-04-30), registration cancelled 2015-04-30, S/N CD-930, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-C33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (registry code 1151408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CD930
- Airframe hours: 2880
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820922048509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820922048509A), Sep 22, 1982: Beech 35C33, Walterboro, SC, Destroyed. Mushed into ground on low level circling approach to runway after an adf approach.

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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