- Date
- February 25, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aitkin, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2396ZBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820225004469A
- Case key
- 69703
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Nose down
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Analysis
After landing on a partially snow covered runway the pilot lost directional control and struck a snowbank. The aircraft traveled approximately 15 feet before nosing down into the snow covered terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2396Z
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1119
- Airframe hours
- 3,945
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aitkin Flying Club, Inc
- Registered owner
- Aitkin Flying Club, Inc
- Departed
- AIT · Aitkin, MN
- Destination
- AIT · Aitkin, MN
- Airport
- AIT · Aitkin County, runway 16, 3,400 × 100 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 45 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AIT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.