- Date
- June 26, 1994, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quarryville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6728XBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940626016899A
- Case key
- 8945
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to touchdown at the proper point and his delayed remedial action. A factor related to the accident was a tailwind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
As the pilot approached the grass airstrip, he observed that a varying crosswind existed for landing. He chose the runway that he thought the wind was favoring, and he touched down on the first third of it. The pilot stated that at touchdown, the airplane was 'going faster than usual' because of a tailwind. The pilot could not stop the airplane before it reached the end of the runway. As the airplane rolled into a wheat field past the runway threshold, the pilot decided to add full power and take off. The airplane struck a fence and was substantially damaged. No pre-impact mechanical deficiencies were reported.
Factual narrative
On June 26, 1994, about 1330 eastern daylight time, a Beech F33A, N6728X, operated by the owner/pilot, collided with a fence during an aborted landing and was substantially damaged in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR 91 and departed from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
The pilot reported that as he approached the grass airstrip for landing, he observed that a varying crosswind existed for landing. He chose the runway that he thought the wind conditions were favoring (runway 28) and performed a full-flap landing onto the first third of it. The pilot stated that at touchdown, the airplane was "going faster than usual" because of a tailwind. He stated that he could not stop the airplane before it reached the end of the runway. As the airplane rolled past the runway threshold and into a wheat field, the pilot decided to add full power and attempt to take off. The airplane then struck a fence despite the pilot's efforts to stop the airplane at the last moment. The pilot also stated that "...it would have been better not to have attempted the go-around...."
According to an FAA aviation safety inspector from New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, the nose gear was sheered off, the firewall was bent, and both wings were damaged. No pre-impact mechanical deficiencies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6728X
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE1023
- Airframe hours
- 1,177
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown, W. Ray
- Registered owner
- Brown, W. Ray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1994 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- N88 · Doylestown, PA
- Airport
- 81W · Little Britain Airport, runway 28, 1,800 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,457 total · 986 in this make and model · 1,306 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNS, 15 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 N6728X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.