- Date
- September 13, 1992, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Caledonia, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- UNREGBeech 35-A33
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 15546
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control during a landing rollout.
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 unregistered accident airplane collided with crops while landing at a private landing strip. During a telephone interview the pilot stated he had gotten caught in a 'wind shift' during landing. During the landing roll the wing of the accident airplane struck tall corn growing alongside the landing strip. The pilot said he was unable to keep the airplane from being dragged into the corn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Beech 35-A33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD-299
- Airframe hours
- 1,938
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence J. Dehaan
- Registered owner
- Phillip Mccullough
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 1992 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Martin, runway 28, 1,900 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 267 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None