- Date
- April 4, 1988, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Cullough, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2255KBeech M35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880404007379A
- Case key
- 7731
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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.
Overrun
Terrain condition - grassFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Go-around - delayedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The plt stated that he was landing at his destination arpt when the accident occurred. The turf/grass was wet. The acft overran the end of the rwy and collided with the terrain, several trees, and bushes. There were no mechanical malfunctions reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2255K
- Reported as
- Beech M35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D 6239
- Airframe hours
- 3,860
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George R. Swift, III
- Registered owner
- Robert S. Cowles
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987
- Departed
- OR1 · Atmore, AL
- Airport
- South Al Avn., runway 9, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 5 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 45 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.