- Date
- September 18, 1988, 19:16 local (Sep 19, 1988, 00:16 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9079ZNorth American TB-25N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880918049549A
- Case key
- 22448
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a period of light rain at dusk, the B-25 plt landed on a 4250 ft rwy. While landing, the acft touched down long & fast. Subsequently, it went off the departure end of the rwy & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9079Z
- Reported as
- North American TB-25N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 44-30734
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Curtis Wright R-2000-35, 1,700 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bom Corporation
- Registered owner
- Bom Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 28, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- T47 · Kickapoo Downtown, runway 35, 4,250 × 45 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 21,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS
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 N9079Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.