- Date
- January 10, 1984, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Okemah, OK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85NLBeech 65-90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840110000659A
- Case key
- 21244
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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.
Overrun
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - improperCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Go-around - not performed
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Ground loop/swerve - attempted
Analysis
The plt landed long on a turf rwy with standing water on the approach end. The plt was unable to stop on the rwy and was also unsuccessful in groundlooping to avoid hitting trees off the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85NL
- Reported as
- Beech 65-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-90
- Airframe hours
- 7,930
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Comanche Energy Resources
- Registered owner
- Midwest Jet Sales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1983
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport
- F81 · Okemah, runway 17, 3,200 × 130 ft, grass/turf
N85NLRegistration cancelled Mar 29, 2011 · Beech 65-90Airframe modelBeech 65-90Engine modelU/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,482 total · 748 in this make and model · 94 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.