- Date
- November 29, 1990, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Franklin, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3696QBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901129052169A
- Case key
- 8358
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to maintain directional control during landing. The presence of gusting crosswinds was a factor in the accident.
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
The private pilot was preparing to land and noted surface winds gusting at 15 to 20 knots, with crosswinds from the right. Upon touchdown, the airplane veered to the right and off the runway surface. The airplane struck a ditch and was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that he experienced no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3696Q
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1064
- Engine
- Continental IO-346A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph M. Giaquinto
- Departed
- 71S · Summerville, SC
- Destination
- 1A5 · Franklin, NC
- Airport
- 1A5 · Macon County, runway 25, 3,800 × 60 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 63 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N3696Q · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.