- Date
- December 17, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8EMBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891217051709A
- Case key
- 8190
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor related to the accident was the ditch the airplane contacted.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8EM
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1439
- Airframe hours
- 1,881
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daryl W. Cady
- Registered owner
- Bch Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1988 · 176 hours before
- Departed
- W17 · Knightdale, NC
- Destination
- RWI · Rocky Mount, NC
- Airport
- TDZ · Metcalf Field
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 45 in this make and model · 850 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWI, 10 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.
Other investigations on N8EM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.