# NTSB CHI84LA406: Beech B33, N941Q, Willshire, OH, September 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1984, 19:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place: Willshire, OH
- Coordinates: 40.740905, -84.790756 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7409&lon=-84.7908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12787
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA406
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12787/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA406

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE ACFT FLOATED AND DRIFTED LEFT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED CORN STALKS PLANTED UP TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N941Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N941Q), registered now, S/N CD-410, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech B33
- Registry model: [Beech 35-B33](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-b33) (registry code 1151406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CD-410
- Airframe hours: 2739
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-K 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jimmy M. Krugh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 7, 1983, 54 hours before
- Departed: OSU, COLUMBUS, OH
- Airport: 7, runway 27, 2,600 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,300 total, 969 in this make and model, 969 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FWA, 25 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 19840922056979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840922056979A), Sep 22, 1984: Beech 35B33, Willshire, OH, Substantial damage. During landing on a private airstrip left wing caught in cornstalks which pulled entire aircraft into corn.

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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