# NTSB CHI88LA241: Cessna 550, N29TC, Fremont, MI, September 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 22, 1988, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Fremont, MI
- Coordinates: 43.460544, -85.95034 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4605&lon=-85.9503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14166
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA241
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14166/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA241

## 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
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition - water (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AFTER LANDING DOWNWIND FROM A VOR APPROACH DURING HEAVY RAIN. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED POOR BRAKING ACTION AND INEFFECTIVENESS OF REVERSE THRUST APPLICATION AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE PIC DESCRIBED A 'HYDROPLANING SITUATION'. EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE REVEALED HYDROPLANE MARKS ON THE ASPHALT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N29TC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 550-0127
- Airframe hours: 3542
- Engines: P&W JT15D-4 2500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Teledyne Moters
- Registered owner: Teledyne Cont. Motors
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, September 15, 1988, 11 hours before
- Departed: MKG, MUSKEGAN, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 3FM, Fremont Muni, runway 36, 5,826 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 7,500 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 900 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19880922039589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880922039589A), Sep 22, 1988: Cessna 550, Fremont, MI, Substantial damage. Hydroplaned on landing in heavy rain and a tailwind. Ran off departure end of runway and sheared gear on a ditch.

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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