# NTSB CHI82DA317: Beech BE-33, N668V, New Carlisle, OH, August 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 20, 1982, 23:15 local (Aug 21, 1982, 03:15 UTC)
- Place: New Carlisle, OH
- Location: 39.9444° N, 84.0277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Carlisle, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9444&lon=-84.0277&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71968
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA317
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71968/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA317

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT UNDERSHOT THE RUNWAY DURING A NIGHT LANDING ON A LIGHTED SOD RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT MOUND 40 YARDS EAST OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N668V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N668V), registered now, S/N CD-92 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (registry code 1151402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CD92
- Airframe hours: 4709
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470J 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert L. Abrahamson
- Registered owner: New Carlisle Beech, Inc.
- Departed: I11, NEW CARLISLE, OH
- Destination: I11, NEW CARLISLE, OH
- Airport: I11, New Carlisle, runway 27, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 275 total, 275 in this make and model, 275 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820820044579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820820044579A), Aug 20, 1982: Beech 35B33, New Carlisle, OH, Substantial damage. Struck a mound of dirt after landing 40 yards short of runway during practice night landings.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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