- Date
- October 1, 1994, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Siler City, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2890WBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941001037939A
- Case key
- 3490
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, he made a normal touchdown on the runway, and lost control of the airplane during the landing roll. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and collided with a series of drainage ditches. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On October 1, 1994, at 1150 eastern daylight time, a Beech V35B, N2890W, veered off of the left side of runway 21 at the Siler City Municipal Airport, Siler City, North Carolina. The personal flight operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, without a flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage; the pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight departed Annapolis, Maryland at 1030 hours.
According to the pilot, he made a normal touchdown on the paved runway, and lost control of the airplane during the landing roll. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and collided with a series of ditches. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2890W
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D9510
- Airframe hours
- 2,599
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA10, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kornbau, Raymond W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1994 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- ANP · Annapolis, MD
- Destination
- 43A · Star, NC
- Airport
- 5W8 · Siler City Minicipal, runway 21, 5,000 × 75 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,487 total · 1,182 in this make and model · 1,364 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SOP, 25 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.