# NTSB ATL83LA375: Beech 77, N6715V, Montgomery, AL, September 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Montgomery, AL
- Coordinates: 33.420467, -86.78936 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4205&lon=-86.7894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6211
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA375
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6211/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA375

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT FLEW TO MONTGOMERY, AL, INTENDING TO MAKE A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, AND THEN RETURN TO BIRMINGHAM, AL. AFTER ARRIVING, HE MADE AN APCH TO RWY 09 WITH A WIND FROM 360 DEG AT 10 GUSTING 14 KTS. WHILE ON THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH A VASI LIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6715V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6715V), registered now, S/N WA-70 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Registry model: [Beech 77](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-77) (registry code 1153007) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: WA-70
- Airframe hours: 1780
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Hangar One Inc.
- Registered owner: Randall S. Whitehouse
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1983, 82 hours before
- Departed: BHM, BIRMINGHAM, AL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MGM, Dannelly, runway 9, 9,041 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 17 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19830922051109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830922051109A), Sep 22, 1983: Beech 77, Montgomery, AL, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control while landing in a crosswind. Airplane left the runway and struck a VASI light.

## Other investigations on N6715V (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA10CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA045), Nov 1, 2009: Beech 77 (N6715V), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

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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