# NTSB MKC87LA065: Beech BE-58, N38077, Houston, MO, March 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 24, 1987, 01:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place: Houston, MO
- Coordinates: 37.32014, -91.950645 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3201&lon=-91.9506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34354/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,wind direction indicator - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - wind information - inadequate, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - wind information - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38077-1988-12-21), registration cancelled 1988-12-21, S/N TH1217 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-58
- Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TH-1217
- Airframe hours: 450
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870324007349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870324007349A), Mar 24, 1987: Beech 58, Houston, MO, Substantial damage. The aircraft overran the runway during a downwind, night landing. Windsock and tetrahedron are unlit.

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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