# NTSB CHI83LA368: Beech A36, N23581, Marine City, MI, August 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1983, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Coordinates: 42.710346, -82.490516 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7103&lon=-82.4905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12299
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA368
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12299/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA368

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,wind direction indicator - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - radio communications - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - monitoring - inadequate, fbo personnel (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE PILOT HAD CALLED UNICOM FOR WIND INFORMATION BUT HAD RECEIVED NOANSWER. THE PILOT DECIDED BY SMOKE DRIFT TO LAND TO THE NORTH. THE WINDS AT THE ARPT WERE FROM TH SOUTH. THE PILOT LANDED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY AND RAN OFF THE END. THE PILOT REPORTED THE WIND SOCK AS DAMAGED AND UNUSABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N23581 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E 1186
- Airframe hours: 700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William A. Kwiatkowski
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: MDW, CHICAGO, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 76G, Marine City, runway 4, 2,250 × 42 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 700 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 19830808043789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830808043789A), Aug 8, 1983: Beech A36, Marine City, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted downwind landing and aircraft ran off end of runway. Pilot unable to obtain winds from UNICOM

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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