- Date
- March 19, 1990, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greenfield, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5786VBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900319063439A
- Case key
- 14644
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Probable cause
The pilots selection of the wrong runway relative to the wind and his failure to go-around in a timely manner.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot was attempting to make a downwind landing on 2,000 foot grass strip. Touchdown point was 1550 feet down the runway. Witnesses said aircraft bounced twice on landing and skidded off end of runway. Aircraft went through airport perimeter fence, and stopped in airport parking lot. Substantial damage to aircraft, fence, and automobile in parking lot. Pilot not injured. Pilot had 8 hours in aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5786V
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-64
- Airframe hours
- 1,369
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger Barcus Evangelistic,Asso
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- GFD · Pope Fld, 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 8 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 25 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.
Other investigations on N5786V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.