# NTSB CHI83LA271: Beech E18S, N995H, Youngstown, OH, June 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1983, 02:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12223
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA271
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12223/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA271

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD NOT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING, BUT HAD GOTTEN INFO FROM ANOTHER COMPANY PLT WHO HAD FLOWN INTO THE DESTINATION ARPT EARLIER. DURING ARRIVAL, HE COULD SEE THE ROTATING BEACON & RWY LIGHTS THRU SOME FOG & ELECTED TO MAKE A VISUAL APCH. AT APRX 75 FT AGL ON FINAL APCH, THICKER FOG WAS ENCOUNTERED, BUT THE RWY LIGHTS WERE STILL IN SIGHT. THE PLT CONTINUED THE APCH UNTIL HE SAW HE WAS PASSING THE OPERATIONS BUILDING, THEN HE KNEW THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO STOP SAFELY, SO HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE TREES, THE ACFT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD WHERE IT SKIDDED APRX 150 YARDS TO A STOP WITHOUT INJURY TO THE PLT OR CARGO HANDLER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N995H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N995H-2015-05-21), registration cancelled 2015-05-21, S/N BA-375, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Registry model: [Beech E18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (registry code 1151006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BA-375
- Airframe hours: 10861
- Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Wymans Pilot Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 23, 1982
- Departed: 77D, BIG RAPIDS, MI
- Airport: 06G, Youngstown Executive, runway 29, 4,155 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,904 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: YNG, 1 nm away

## 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 19830619025839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830619025839A), Jun 19, 1983: Beech E18S, Youngstown, OH, Substantial damage. Collided with trees on a go around after attempting to make a visual night landing in ground fog.

## Other investigations on N995H (2)

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.

- [NTSB MKC75AK023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK023-144873), Oct 7, 1974: Beech E18S (N995H), Topeka, KS, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW74AF026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF026), Oct 27, 1973: Beech E18S (N995H), El Paso, TX, substantial damage

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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