- Date
- February 11, 1985, 06:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Natchez, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N912LBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850211002609A
- Case key
- 6745
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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
Plt descended below mda to 720 ft MSL until observing the rwy during a LOC 17 apch at night. An arpt attendant said plt did not call UNICOM for wind info. Plt acknowledged touchdown at midfield with a 30 kt tailwind on the 5000 ft rwy. The plt said braking was ineffective. Attendant said rwy was damp but standing water was not present. Acft ran off southend of the rwy and continued 800 ft before it hit a ditch and stopped. The plt stated he was 'in a hurry and just fouled up.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N912L
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-222
- Airframe hours
- 3,472
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Hankins Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 5, 1985
- Departed
- HKS · Jackson, MS
- Destination
- HEZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HEZ · Adams County, runway 17, 5,000 × 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,708 total · 6,800 in this make and model · 15,408 as pilot in command · 138 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCB, 72 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.