# NTSB CHI85LA082: Beech BE-58, N300EP, Flint, MI, December 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 24, 1984, 15:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Flint, MI
- Coordinates: 43.019535, -83.690185 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0195&lon=-83.6902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12982
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12982/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA082

## 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
  - fuselage - ice (contributing factor)
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - flight control surfaces/attachments - ice (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-574
- Airframe hours: 2617
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841224068359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841224068359A), Dec 24, 1984: Beech 58, Flint, MI, Substantial damage. Veered off runway after landing, struck object, collapsed gear. Ice on aircraft and icing conditions forecast.

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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