# NTSB MIA83LA153: Beech 58, N275ZA, Clearwater, FL, June 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1983, 20:40 local (Jun 4, 1983, 00:40 UTC)
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Location: 27.9772° N, 82.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEARWATER EXEC (CLW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9772&lon=-82.7591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30893
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30893/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA153

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT MOUND AND TAXIWAY DURING LANDING TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED THAT DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY CAUSED BY HAZE AND THE SETTING SUN THAT HE MISTOOK A WHITE LINE OF SAND AS THE CENTERLINE OF THE RWY. THIS LINE WAS LEFT OF THE RWY AND THE LANDING OFF THE RWY LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR AS THE ACFT STRUCK A DIRT MOUND AND A TAXI WAY. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE OTHER GEAR FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N275ZA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N275ZA-1995-05-18), registration cancelled 1995-05-18, S/N TH402 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH 402
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Florida Medical Air Evac, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 24, 1983, 58 hours before
- Departed: ORL, ORLANDO, FL
- Airport: CLW, Clearwater Executive, runway 15, 3,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,487 total, 717 in this make and model, 3,061 as pilot in command, 92 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 5 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830603026179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830603026179A), Jun 3, 1983: Beech 58, Clearwater, FL, Substantial damage. Landing into sun pilot mistook white line of sand for center line on runway. Left gear struck mound of dirt.

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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