- Date
- February 22, 1983, 21:35 local (Feb 23, 1983, 02:35 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58WABeech 58
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830222005719A
- Case key
- 12093
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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.
Analysis
During arrival, the plt received vectors for an ILS approach. He elected to make a localizer only approach. At the outer marker, the acft was aprx 200 ft above the minimum altitude & above the approach speed. The plt reported that he reduced the airspeed during the descent & visually acquired the rwy environment aprx 1 1/2 out. According to the plt, he touched down about 1/3 of the way down the rwy. Other witnesses reported that the acft touched down at or beyond the midpoint. The wind was calm & the rwy was wet. After touchdown, the plt applied brakes, but reported that the acft felt like it was on ice. As he approached the end of the rwy, he tried to stear to the left to avoid the localizer antenna, but acft hit the left portion of the antenna.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58WA
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH201
- Airframe hours
- 5,483
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Pdq Air Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- M8S · Saginaw, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DET · Detroit City, runway 15, 5,090 × 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,544 total · 18 in this make and model · 2,368 as pilot in command · 216 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.