- Date
- September 28, 1989, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Princeton, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7818RBeech 36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890928037039A
- Case key
- 14425
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot had excessive airspeed, misjudged the landing distance, and did not go around. The high obstructions (trees),wet runway, ditch, and uneven terrain (roadway) were contributing factors.
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.
Overrun
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - grass
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Terrain condition - roadway/highwayFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7818R
- Reported as
- Beech 36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-129
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Benjamin G. Snyder
- Registered owner
- Benjamin G. Snyder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- BMI · Bloomington, IL
- Destination
- C41
- Airport
- C41 · Piper, runway 18, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,042 total · 1,105 in this make and model · 2,014 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.