- Date
- July 3, 1989, 02:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Terrell, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2946VBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890703019499A
- Case key
- 22892
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident was: the pile of dirt (dirt bank) beside the runway.
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 as brakes were applied, the left wheel departed the edge of the asphalt runway & directional control was lost. He was unable to steer the airplane back onto the runway. Subsequently, it collided with a pile of dirt about 10 feet left of the runway and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2946V
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D336
- Airframe hours
- 3,646
- Engine
- Continental E-185-1, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Haroldson, Ralph K.
- Registered owner
- Paul Faubion
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- DTO · Denton, TX
- Airport
- 1FT · Airpark East, runway 31, 2,630 × 30 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 689 total · 30 in this make and model · 631 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.