- Date
- July 27, 1990, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oelwein, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N480Beech D17S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900727029389A
- Case key
- 14731
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual outlook by the pilot in command.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a VFR cross-country flight, the commercial pilot said that he encountered unfavorable weather conditions, and made a 180 degree turn to return to the nearest airport and land. During the landing roll, in a tail wheel configured acft, he noticed another acft on the runway, about 1000 feet ahead. He said that he felt he could stop, but veered to the left for additional clearance, if he were unable to stop on the wet runway. The acft veered off the hard surfaced runaway, into soft, muddy terrain, and overturned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N480
- Reported as
- Beech D17S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4810
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 480 Stag Club. Inc.
- Departed
- FOD · Fort Dodge, IA
- Airport
- OLZ · Oelwein, runway 13, 4,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,006 total · 760 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ALO, 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 N480 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.