# NTSB ATL85LA095: Beech 58, N912L, Natchez, MS, February 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1985, 06:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place: Natchez, MS
- Coordinates: 31.539985, -91.378997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5400&lon=-91.3790&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): 6745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6745/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA095

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not received, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - minimum descent altitude - not maintained, pilot in command
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - terrain condition - wet

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912L-1996-02-24), registration cancelled 1996-02-24, S/N TH222 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-222
- Airframe hours: 3472
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850211002609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850211002609A), Feb 11, 1985: Beech 58, Natchez, MS, Substantial damage. Landed long with strong tailwind. Ran off end of runway into a ditch. Pilot had minimums for circling 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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