- Date
- April 15, 1984, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Guthrie, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2385WBeech A23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840415060309A
- Case key
- 21306
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final approach the acft descended below the desired glidepath. When the plt added pwr, the engine did not respond. The acft touched down hard and short of the rwy after which the left wing contacted a tree. The plt stated he did not use carb heat during the descent or the apch and light rain was falling at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2385W
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-22
- Airframe hours
- 3,780
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raonald L. Barker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983
- Departed
- 2EJ · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- GOK · Guthrie, OK
- Airport
- GOK · Guthrie Municipal, runway 34, 3,000 × 50 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,395 total · 16 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA
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 N2385W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.