- Date
- June 23, 1983, 21:30 local (Jun 24, 1983, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Graceville, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5HKBeech H-35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830623029969I
- Case key
- 12052
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - runwayFactor
All available runway - not usedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - not maintainedCause
Analysis
On landing roll on slick grass with a crosswind the acft slid to the right and the right wing tip struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5HK
- Reported as
- Beech H-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4914
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Continental O-470-6, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 7, 1983
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- runway 27, 2,500 × 200 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 436 total · 166 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.