- Date
- July 15, 1982, 22:00 local (Jul 16, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oakes, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8878MBeech A23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820715032129A
- Case key
- 72064
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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
During a night landing, the aircraft touched down about 220 ft short of the approach end of the runway. Reportedly, the wheels struck a "washout" and the plane was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8878M
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M617
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert J. Forward
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Forward
- Departed
- ND34 · Lisbon, ND
- Destination
- TO2 · Friendswood, TX
- Airport
- ND49 · Oakes Municipal, runway 12, 3,500 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 33 in this make and model · 135 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
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 N8878M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.