# NTSB CHI89LA195: Beech 36, N7818R, Princeton, IL, September 28, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1989, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Princeton, IL
- Location: 41.3805° N, 89.4641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Princeton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3805&lon=-89.4641&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14425
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14425/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA195

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - grass
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - roadway/highway (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7818R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7818R), registered now, S/N E129, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 36
- Registry model: [Beech 36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-36) (registry code 1151602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-129
- Airframe hours: 1750
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890928037039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890928037039A), Sep 28, 1989: Beech 36BEECH, Princeton, IL, Substantial damage. High and fast landing on a wet grass strip. Unable to stop,ran off end of runway. Stopped in a ditch across a road.

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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