# NTSB ATL86LA059: Beech A36TC, N345CC, Louisville, KY, January 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1986, 15:23 local (20:23 UTC)
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Coordinates: 38.220333, -85.680984 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2203&lon=-85.6810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7055
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7055/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA059

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure, pilot in command
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure, pilot in command
  - ice/frost removal from aircraft - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - snow
  - object - fence

## Analysis

PLT ATTEMPTED T.O. FROM SLUSH COVERED RWY WITH ABOUT 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH OF SNOW ON ACFT. WHEN SNOW DID NOT BLOW OFF THE WINGS, ABORT ATTEMPTED AT BETWEEN 80-100 KNOTS. ACFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY AND THROUGH FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON THE GOLF COURSE ADJACENT TO THE RWY END.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N345CC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345CC-1995-05-15), registration cancelled 1995-05-15, S/N EA143 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Registry model: [Beech A36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (registry code 1151603) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: EA-143
- Airframe hours: 1989
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-UB1B 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Consul Restaurant Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 6, 1985, 97 hours before
- Departed: LOU, LOUISVILLE, KY
- Destination: FCM, MINNEAPOLIS, MN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LOU, Bowman Field, runway 32, 3,539 × 80 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,736 total, 1,215 in this make and model, 1,736 as pilot in command, 98 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft
- Temperature: 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LOU

## 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 19860119001509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860119001509A), Jan 19, 1986: Beech A36TC, Louisville_____, KY, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff when heavy sticky snow did not blow off wings during ground run. Ran thru fence onto a golf course.

## Other investigations on N345CC (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 CHI92FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92FA067), Jan 5, 1992: Beech A-36TC (N345CC), Pekin, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO ICING CONDITIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO USE THE AIRPLANE'S ANTI-ICE/DE-ICE SYSTEM RESULTING IN A BUILD-UP OF ICE OVER THE AIRPLANE'S SURFACE AREA AND…

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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