# NTSB MIA73FKG19: Beech 58, N8400C, Lithonia, GA, August 1, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1972
- Place: Lithonia, GA · LITHONIA, GA
- Location: 33.7130° N, 84.1062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lithonia, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7130&lon=-84.1062&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168787
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA73FKG19
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKG19

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4036   72/8/1    LITHONIA,GA         BEECH 58            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 61, 2530
        TIME - 1230                    N8400C              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1455 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT -  GUNN AIRFIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HUTCHINSON,KANS             LITHONIA,GA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- RUNWAY SLOPES DOWNWARD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8400C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8400C-1981-08-18), registration cancelled 1981-08-18, S/N TH-105 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:  Gunn Airfield

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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