# NTSB ERA22LA074: Beech C35, N2033D, Perry, GA, November 23, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: November 23, 2021, 14:04 local (19:04 UTC)
- Place: Perry, GA
- Coordinates: 32.510928, -83.768981
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5109&lon=-83.7690&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104312/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104312
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA074

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a parked airplane.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1151508), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C35, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151508), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md?model=1151508), [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech C35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151508), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he did a visual inspection of the brakes as part of his preflight inspection and he “saw no leaks or abnormalities”, and no discrepancies were noted during a brake check while beginning to taxi or during the engine run-up before takeoff. He proceeded to his destination and performed a normal landing. As the airplane decelerated, it began drifting left. He applied right rudder, then when the rudder input failed to correct the drift, he applied more right rudder and brake, at which time, the airplane immediately turned left. The airplane travelled off the runway and impacted a parked airplane. Postaccident examination of the flight controls and brake system revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2033D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2033D-2023-04-22), registration cancelled 2023-04-22, S/N D-3384, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C35 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Beech C35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c35) (registry code 1151508) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-3384
- Year built: 1952
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-225-8 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2020, 5,600 hours before
- Departed: FD93, Holt, FL
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: PXE, Perry-Houston County, runway 36, 4,999 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 80; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 14, 2021; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 17,910 total, 178 in this make and model, 3,880 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: KWRB, 11 nm away
- METAR: KWRB 231956Z 30005KT 10SM BKN250 13/M07 A3020 RMK AO2A SLP230 T01331074

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20211123022452A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211123022452A), Nov 23, 2021: Beech C35, Perry, GA, Destroyed. After landing on runway 36 aircraft (a) was observed making a sharp left turn at a high speed in a nose up attitude, transiting the grass and taxiway. Ground…

## Other investigations on N2033D (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 FTW81DQD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD10), Dec 4, 1980: Beech C35 (N2033D), Carlsbad, NM, substantial damage

## Docket (6 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 20, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104312. 7.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 4.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13450671&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Recd%201%2010%202022_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Record of NTSB conversations (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 329 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13451847&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20NTSB%20Conversation_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record - pilot report of previous right brake issue (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 108 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13452343&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20For%20Record%20-Pilot%20Previous%20Brake%20Issue-Rel.pdf
- FAA inspector statement (item 4, PDF, 5 pages, 1 photo, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13451555&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%20Statement%20FINAL_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 5, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13452630&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.pdf
- Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 6, PDF, 1 page, 101 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13602226&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Fully%20Executed%20Wreckage%20Release%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf

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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