# NTSB NYC07CA223: Beech BE-55, N1751W, Gainesville, GA, September 8, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 8, 2007, 16:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Coordinates: 34.273887, -83.833885
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2739&lon=-83.8339&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66647/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA223

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Analysis

The pilot of the Beech 55 said he was distracted while talking on the radio, and delayed his descent prior to landing on runway 29 at the destination airport.  As a result, the airplane was "too high, too fast, and 120 knots over the trees" prior to touchdown on the 4,100-foot long runway.  The airplane continued to float, and the pilot determined that he "couldn't go around."  The airplane touched down, and continued off the departure end of the runway, down a hill, and impacted a fence.  No deficiencies in the performance and handling of the airplane were reported by the pilot.

## Factual narrative

The pilot of the Beech 55 said he was distracted while talking on the radio, and delayed his descent prior to landing on runway 29 at the destination airport.  As a result, the airplane was "too high, too fast, and 120 knots over the trees" prior to touchdown on the 4,100-foot long runway.  The airplane continued to float, and the pilot determined that he "couldn't go around."  The airplane touched down, and continued off the departure end of the runway, down a hill, and impacted a fence.  According to the pilot, there were no deficiencies in the performance and handling of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1751W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1751W-2009-03-13), registration cancelled 2009-03-13, S/N TC-1497, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1497
- Engines: Continental IO-470 reciprocating; Continental IO-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Albert Nixon
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JZI, Charleston, SC
- Destination: GVL, Gainesville, GA
- Airport: GVL, Lee Gilmer Memorial, runway 29, 4,100 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 4,974 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20070908019219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070908019219A), Sep 8, 2007: Beech 95B55, Gainesville, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) Visible skid marks on runway from aircraft measured 1421 feet. After aircraft departed runway 11 at gvl the main gear collapsed and the aircraft came to…

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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