# NTSB LAX83LA081: Beech BE-60, N1887L, Watsonville, CA, January 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 22, 1983, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Coordinates: 36.949623, -121.719917 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9496&lon=-121.7199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23605
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23605/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA081

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR DURING A LANDING IN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS. HE HAD BEGUN A MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WHEN HE NOTICED HE COULD STILL SEE THE RUNWAY AND DECIDED HE COULD MAKE A LANDING. HE SAID HE LANDED JUST BEYOND THRESHOLD BUT WITNESSES SAID HE LANDED 2/3 BEYOND THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE PILOT BLAMED HYDROPLANING FOR THE OVERRUN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1887L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1887L), registered now, S/N P-388, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-60
- Registry model: [Beech B-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b-60) (registry code 1153605) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-541 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (registry code 41536, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P-388
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-541-E1C4 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Luckey Laboratories, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 12, 1983, 3 hours before
- Departed: APV, APPLE VALLEY, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: WVI, Watsonville, runway 1, 450 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 14,300 as pilot in command, 73 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830122001409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830122001409A), Jan 22, 1983: Beech 60, Watsonville, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long downwind on a wet runway. Unable to stop. Ran off end of runway into soft mud.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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