- Date
- May 27, 1990, 23:30 local (May 28, 1990, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N333ASBeech A-23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900527017529A
- Case key
- 14675
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain runway alignment and maintain directional control after touchdown. Contributing to the accident was his landing at the wrong airport.
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.
Analysis
The accident airplane veered off the runway and collapsed the nose landing gear during a night landing attempt. According to the pilots statement, he reported his destination airport in sight to approach control. He then changed to the common traffic advisory frequency for the airport and made a call in the blind to report a midfield crossing and a traffic pattern entry for runway 25. He reported that he flew a normal traffic pattern. On final approach he saw the numbers '19' painted on the runway. He continued to touchdown and veered off the right side of the runway. He had landed on runway 19 at another airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333AS
- Reported as
- Beech A-23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MO-183
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- L. David Rush
- Departed
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- AKR · Akron, OH
- Airport
- 1G3 · Kent State University, runway 19, 3,965 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 78 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 15 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.