# NTSB CHI85LA114: Beech 58, N25654, Hibbing, MN, February 20, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1985, 08:27 local (14:27 UTC)
- Place: Hibbing, MN
- Coordinates: 47.400268, -92.940391 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4003&lon=-92.9404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA114

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE RT. SIDE OF THE RWY INTO A SNOWBANK AFTER A HARD LNDG. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS 50 FT ADH & OFF CENTERLINE TO THE LEFT AT THE MIDDLE MARKER DURING THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH. THE PASSG AT THIS TIME SAID HE COULD SE THE RWY OFF TO THE RT. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE LNDG VISUALLY AND LANDED HARD ABOUT 5 DEGREES OFF RWY HDG. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY INTO A SNOWBANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N25654 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH302
- Airframe hours: 4075
- Engines: Continental IO 520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Kennard C. Kaplan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 15, 1985, 285 hours before
- Departed: RST, ROCHESTER, MN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: HIB, Chisholm, runway 31, 6,494 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,175 total, 110 in this make and model, 3,030 as pilot in command, 89 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Day
- Wind: 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft
- Temperature: 21 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HIB

## 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 19850220003949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850220003949A), Feb 20, 1985: Beech 58, Hibbing, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control and struck snowbank on landing. Downwind ILS approach with low ceiling, poor visibility.

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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