- Date
- September 28, 2003, 19:26 local (Sep 29, 2003, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N978TBeech 35-33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA - Indianapolis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20030928025099A
- Case key
- 58156
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing roll. A contributing factor was the airport sign.
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 airplane impacted an airport sign during the landing roll. The airplane departed the runway prior to reaching a taxiway. When the airplane returned to the taxiway, it impacted an airport sign with the left wing
Factual narrative
On September 28, 2003, at 1926 central daylight time, a Beech 35-33, N978T, owned and piloted by a commercial pilot, received substantial damage when it veered off runway 22 during landing at Evansville Regional Airport (EVV), Evansville, Indiana. The airplane then impacted an airport sign. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot was uninjured. The flight originated from West Woodward Airport Woodward, Oklahoma, at 1922 and was en route to EVV.
According to the pilot's statement, the flight was uneventful and he performed a well-executed approach. The pilot reported that during landing roll the airplane exited the runway prior to reaching the taxiway. When the pilot returned the airplane back to the taxiway, the airplane's wing impacted an airport sign. Upon impact, the left wing of the airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot stated that he should have used more caution on landing roll.
At 1854, the EVV Automated Surface Observing System recorded the wind to be 300 degrees at 3 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N978T
- Reported as
- Beech 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD-183
- Airframe hours
- 5,450
- Engine
- Continental 10 470 J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence F. Genner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 2002 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- WWR · Woodward, OK
- Destination
- EVV
- Airport
- EVV · Evansville Regional Airport, runway 22, 8,021 × 150 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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- July 19, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 35 in this make and model · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.