- Date
- July 4, 1990, 19:00 local (Jul 5, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lockport, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35TPBeech V35B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900704023289A
- Case key
- 14701
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft directional control and keep the aircraft on the runway during the landing roll.
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 pilot reported that during the landing roll the aircraft began to drift to the left and his right rudder and brake inputs weren't sufficient to correct for the drift. The aircraft departed the left side of the 48' wide runway and encountered soft terrain and a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35TP
- Reported as
- Beech V35B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D10017
- Airframe hours
- 1,867
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thread Systems, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Thread Systems,, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1989 · 120 hours before
- Airport
- LOT · Lewis Lockport, runway 27, 3,000 × 48 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,225 total · 170 in this make and model · 1,165 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 19 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.