- Date
- December 24, 1984, 15:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Flint, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N300EPBeech BE-58
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841224068359A
- Case key
- 12982
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Fuselage - iceFactor
Wing - iceFactor
Flight control surfaces/attachments - iceFactor
Stall - inadequateCause
Hard landing
Proper descent rate - exceededFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Analysis
During a flt in IFR conditions the acft encountered icing. The ice was still on the wings and tail when the acft prepared to land. Extra airspeed was carried on final approach. The acft ballooned as it flared for touchdown. It then stalled and made a hard landing. The acft slid off the rwy and struck a snow covered object.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300EP
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-574
- Airframe hours
- 2,617
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C7, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Davidson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1984 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- 7G2 · Ashtabula, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FNT · Flint, runway 36, 7,848 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 737 total · 204 in this make and model · 634 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 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.