# NTSB MIA86LA096: Beech C23, N9790L, Lake Wales, FL, March 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 14, 1986, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Coordinates: 27.900901, -81.579124 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9009&lon=-81.5791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31587
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31587/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE LANDED LONG AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A LAKE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9790L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9790L-1997-02-06), registration cancelled 1997-02-06, S/N M1397 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech C23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1397
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Matthew J. Pitchon
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1985
- Departed: X30, ORLANDO, FL
- Airport: X25, Chalet Suzanne, runway 35, 2,450 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 266 total, 223 in this make and model, 237 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL, 45 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 19860314006739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860314006739A), Mar 14, 1986: Beech C23, Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Landed long on a wet grass runway with a quartering tailwind. Had nil braking. Went off runway end into a lake.

## Other investigations on N9790L (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL95FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95FA023), Dec 4, 1994: Beech C23 (N9790L), Statesboro, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT OF JUDGMENT AND PERFORMANCE DUE TO ALCOHOL, IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION, FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE/CLEARANCE FROM WOODED…

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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