- Date
- September 27, 1990, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16HTBeech 35-B33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900927042509A
- Case key
- 8281
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature flare which resulted in a loss of directional control at touchdown.
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 control - on ground/water
Flare - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
Analysis
The pilot flared 40 feet above the runway. He lost directional control when the airplane touched down. While landing, the airplane veered off the runway and collided with an embankment. The pilot stated that a gust of wind affected his ability to control the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16HT
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD-523
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-470K, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William J. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 10, 1989 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Airport
- FYM · Fayetteville, runway 19, 4,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 382 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 70 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.