- Date
- June 5, 1983, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- W. Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66982Beech 77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605022819A
- Case key
- 35196
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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 acft landed about 20 ft short of the runway shearing the nose gear and damaging the prop. The student pilot said he encountered a 'small' windshear and he over reacted on the controls causing the acft to contact the ground short of the runway surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66982
- Reported as
- Beech 77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- WA-42
- Airframe hours
- 1,647
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-7UC, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence E. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- AGC · Allegheny Co., PA
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny Co., runway 23, 2,532 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,648 total · 16 in this make and model · 6,525 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- 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.