- Date
- November 19, 1992, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Uvalde, TX
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3GSBeech B100
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921119055849A
- Case key
- 18618
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to go around. A factor was his resultant long landing and delayed flare.
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 flew an NDB approach to runway 33. During the approach the pilot did not gain visual recognition of the runway until he was over the runway threshold. Prior to the actual touchdown with the landing gear a propeller contacted the ground 1,680 feet past the threshold. The landing gear made contact with the runway 2,486 feet from the threshold of the 5,235 foot runway. The copilot advised the pilot that he should go around as they crossed the threshold due to the speed and height above ground of the airplane. The pilot qualified his landing as hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3GS
- Reported as
- Beech B100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BE-36
- Airframe hours
- 5,758
- Engine
- Garrett TPE 331-6252B, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Swanson, George C.
- Registered owner
- Swanson, George C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 28, 1992 · 140 hours before
- Departed
- BPT · Beaumont, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- UVA · Garner Field, runway 33, 5,235 × 100 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,239 total · 2,085 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COT, 70 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.