- Date
- February 15, 1982, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ottawa, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3859BBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820215003939A
- Case key
- 72121
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Undershoot
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Notams - issuedFactor
Analysis
The aircraft contacted a 4-foot snowberm located between the approach lights and the end of the pavement during the approach. The pilot was aware of the snow berm by the published NOTAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3859B
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4126
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald A. Morris
- Registered owner
- Gerald A. Morris
- Departed
- OH25 · Hamilton, OH
- Destination
- Ottawa, OH
- Airport
- OH25 · Putnam County, runway 27, 3,000 × 0 ft, macadam
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 128 in this make and model · 651 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.