# NTSB CHI90LA098: Beech A23-24, N5786V, Greenfield, IN, March 19, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1990, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Greenfield, IN
- Coordinates: 39.790462, -85.770545 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7905&lon=-85.7705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14644/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA098

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5786V-2014-10-29), registration cancelled 2014-10-29, S/N MA-64, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MA-64
- Airframe hours: 1369
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900319063439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900319063439A), Mar 19, 1990: Beech A2324, Greenfield, IN, Substantial damage. Downwind landing 450 feet from end of runway, ran off end through fence into parking lot.

## Other investigations on N5786V (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI91LA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA287), Sep 14, 1991: Beech A23 (N5786V), Lake Elmo, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH THE PILOT HAD TO LAND.

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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