- Date
- March 24, 1987, 01:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38077Beech BE-58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870324007349A
- Case key
- 34354
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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 airplane was on an IFR flight plan and five miles from the airport, the airplane broke out of the clouds and proceeded VFR to the airport. It was a dark night and light rain was falling. The pilot stated he flew over the airport twice looking for a wind direction indicator but could not find one. He elected to touch down on the end of the runway closest to the town lights. He landed downwind and by the time he found out the braking action was so poor, it was too late to make a go-around and too late to stop. He went off the end, crossed a road, went through a pond and stopped against small trees. A city official said the runway is lighted but the windsock and wind 't' are not.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38077
- Reported as
- Beech BE-58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-1217
- Airframe hours
- 450
- Engine
- Continental IO-520 S, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Paramount Corp.
- Registered owner
- Cooper Accessory And Propeller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 25, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Ft Worth, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- M48 · Memorial, runway 33, 2,400 × 60 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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,554 total · 346 in this make and model · 4,892 as pilot in command · 126 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.