- Date
- May 9, 1983, 18:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Afton, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2053GBeech B60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830509018259A
- Case key
- 20898
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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
After touchdown the plt applied brakes to slow the acft in order to turn off the mid-field exit, but the acft was going too fast for the turn. The plt stated he felt the brakes begin to be ineffective at this point. He then decided to let the acft roll to the end of the rwy. The brakes would not hold when he applied them near the end. The plt then added full power in order to pancake the acft into the lake off the end of the rwy. The acft struck the water 75-100 yds from shore. The brakes were examined & the brake system was capable of operation. However, both brake disks were worn beyond allowable limits. The left disc measured 0.403 inch & the right disc measured 0.401 inch. Minumum is 0.445. In addition,the discs contained 'blue' spots on their surface indicating that they had been severely overheated during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2053G
- Reported as
- Beech B60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- B-489
- Airframe hours
- 1,166
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tcp Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- CHK · Chickasha, OK
- Airport
- OK33 · Shangri-La, runway 17, 4,000 × 60 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,814 total · 489 in this make and model · 3,699 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.