# NTSB CHI93LA062: Beech A36, N1801V, Milwaukee, WI, January 3, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 3, 1993, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Coordinates: 42.9804, -87.900131 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9804&lon=-87.9001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15644/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA062

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PERFORM AN ABORTED LANDING AND FAILURE TO SELECT A PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE END OF A RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A ROAD EMBANKMENT.  THE PILOT HAD JUST LANDED FROM AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THAT RUNWAY.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED HE FLEW THE ILS APPROACH MANUALLY AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED, 110 KNOTS, AND HE HAD DIFFICULTY TRACKING THE GLIDE SLOPE.  WHEN HE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND ACQUIRED THE RUNWAY VISUALLY HE WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.  HE ESTIMATED HE LANDED ON THE LAST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY.  HE ESTIMATED HIS TOUCHDOWN SPEED WAS 80 TO 90 KNOTS.  HE SAID HE THOUGHT THE OVERRUN WAS SMOOTH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1801V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1801V), registered now, S/N E-1859 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-1859
- Airframe hours: 2300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-550 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert M. Ward
- Registered owner: Robert M. Ward
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1992, 100 hours before
- Departed: HUF, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MKE, Gen. Mitchell, runway 19, 9,690 × 200 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 581 total, 318 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKE, 1 nm away

## Other investigations on N1801V (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 DEN07LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA040), Oct 10, 2006: Beech A-36 (N1801V), Great Bend, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control while changing radio frequencies and abruptly applying control forces in excess of the design limits of the airframe.

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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