- Date
- July 3, 1989, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roby, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4613DBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22887
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions & his failure to maintain directional control. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's operation of the aircraft with a known deficiency (worn tire), the adverse wind conditions, and barrels (barricade).
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
The pilot stated that during a landing, a gust of wind was encountered which effected directional control of the aircraft. It then departed the runway & struck a barrel barricade before coming to rest. An exam of the wreckage revealed a blown (ruptured) nose gear tire. The tire was worn to the cord area & reportedly, it had been that way prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4613D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4786
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benjamin B. Maddux
- Registered owner
- Benjamin B Maddux
- Departed
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
- Airport
- 56E · Fisher County, runway 16, 3,300 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 373 total · 44 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point -0 °F