# NTSB CHI85IA073: Beech 58P, N25RL, Akron, OH, December 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 21, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Akron, OH
- Location: 41.0374° N, 81.4677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON FULTON INTL (AKR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0374&lon=-81.4677&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): 12906
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85IA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12906/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85IA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - air navigation aids,ndb - unavailable
  - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL AT MEDINA, OH, THE PLT DISCOVERED THAT THE NDB WAS INOP, SO HE DIVERTED TO THE AKRON FULTON ARPT. HE WAS VECTORED FOR A LOCALIZER APCH TO RWY 25. DURING THE APCH, HE DESCENDED TO THE MIN DESCENT ALT (MDA) OF 512 FT AGL. WHEN HE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT, HE REDUCED POWER, EXTENDED FULL FLAPS & SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE WET RWY. THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, THE ACFT BEGAN HYDROPLANING. HE DECIDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT OVERRUN & CLEAR AREA OFF THE END OF THE RWY TO SAFETY STOP, SO HE ELECTED NOT TO GO AROUND. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WERE RAILROAD TRACKS JUST BEYOND THE OVERRUN. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY. BEYOND THE 398 FT OVERRUN, THE ACFT HIT THE RAILROAD TRACKS & WAS DAMAGED. THE NDB AT MEDINA HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER 6 MOS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25RL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25RL-2012-09-10), registration cancelled 2012-09-10, S/N TJ-232, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Registry model: [Beech 58P](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (registry code 1152744) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TJ-232
- Airframe hours: 2466
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-WB 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rli Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 10, 1984, 73 hours before
- Departed: 3MYU, PEORIA, IL
- Destination: 1G5, MEDINA, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: AKR, Akron Fulton, runway 25, 6,355 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,665 total, 2,737 in this make and model, 5,448 as pilot in command, 154 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CAK, 8 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).

- [Incident 19841221076209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841221076209I), Dec 21, 1984: Beech 58P, Akron, OH, Minor damage. Touched down long after LOC approach. Aircraft hydroplaned and ran off runway end and contacted railroad tracks.

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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