- Date
- October 6, 1990, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Westminster, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4005TBeech B23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901006044289A
- Case key
- 11633
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain positive directional control during the landing. Improper crosswind compensation and a variable, gusty crosswind were contributing factors.
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 stated that the crosswind caused him to lose directional control of the aircraft. When the aircraft veered to the left side of the runway, the pilot over-corrected. The aircraft swerved back across the runway, across a grassy area, and impacted a small brush-covered berm located off the right side of the runway. The winds were reported to be out of 250 degrees at 10 knots, with gusts to 18 knots; the active runway was runway 16.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4005T
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1111
- Airframe hours
- 2,537
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leslie A. Wall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1990 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- W54 · Carroll County Airport, runway 16, 3,500 × 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 11 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.