- Date
- October 14, 1983, 19:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Topping, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5234MBeech B-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831014064619A
- Case key
- 6369
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft overran the departure end of the rwy and collided with a ditch during landing. The weather was VMC. According to the pilot 2 go-arounds had been made because the acft was high. On the 3rd approach a touchdown was made about 1/2 way down the 2500 ft rwy. The pilot thought she could stop so she retracted the flaps and used the brakes. The acft did not stop and the collision with a ditch failed the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5234M
- Reported as
- Beech B-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2015
- Airframe hours
- 1,910
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-4AK, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Services Inc.
- Registered owner
- Clifton E. Barton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1983 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- Greensboro, NC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Hummel, runway 18, 2,500 × 40 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 118 total · 63 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.