- Date
- January 17, 1989, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walnut Cove, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N166LCBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890117001199A
- Case key
- 7981
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Probable cause
The pilot made the landing approach too high and too fast for the available runway, and failed to abort the landing. The fence was a related factor.
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
After a three hour flight, the pilot made an approach and landing at the airport. He stated that he was too high and fast for landing. He touched down in the 'latter part of the runway.' After applying the brakes, the airplane skidded & the tires failed. The airplane continued off the end of the runway and through a fence before coming to a stop in the adjoining pasture field with the right main and nose gear collapsed. The pilot stated that this accident could have been prevented by '. . . Commencing a go-around after touch down of the aircraft and seeing insufficient runway length to stop and executing proper approach.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N166LC
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-990
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-CB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Todd Stuart Crook
- Registered owner
- Midway Mfg Of Florida, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 4, 1989 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · St Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- NC28
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NC28 · Meadow Brook, runway 16, 2,830 × 32 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 431 total · 105 in this make and model · 286 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.