- Date
- March 15, 1988, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sullivan, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1986LBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880315007889A
- Case key
- 34548
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the PIC arrived at his destination, during a personal cross country flight, he circled the unfamiliar arpt three times, observing trees on both ends, and a crosswind of about 60 degrees to the active runway. After landing, and during the ldg roll out, he felt he would be unable to stop before running off the runway. He elected to turn to the right, on the soft shoulder, instead of goint straight ahead into the trees and fence. When leaving the hard surface rnwy, the left gear struck the soft surface, broke off, striking the wing, flap, then the fuselage near the horizontal stabilator. The propeller and the wing tip then struck the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1986L
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1843
- Airframe hours
- 2,175
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seaton, Jimmie R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IXD · Olathe, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- H62 · Sullivan, runway 24, 2,100 × 45 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 84 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Observed at
- COU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.