# NTSB ATL88LA132: Beech M35, N2255K, Mc Cullough, AL, April 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1988, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Mc Cullough, AL
- Location: 31.1668° N, 87.5264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCullough, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1668&lon=-87.5264&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7731/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA132

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH M35
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D 6239
- Airframe hours: 3860
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880404007379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880404007379A), Apr 4, 1988: Beech M35, Mccullough, AL, Substantial damage. Overran a short wet grass strip causing substantial aircraft damage. Had recently purchased the aircraft.

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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