# NTSB NYC84LA153: Beech B24R, N6605R, Clinton, MD, April 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1984, 13:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place: Clinton, MD
- Coordinates: 38.760547, -76.889656 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7605&lon=-76.8897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35545
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35545/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA153

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE MAIN RWY AT THE ARPT WAS CLOSED DUE TO RESURFACING. THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RWY 31 KNOWING IT WOULD BE A DELIBERATE DOWNWIND LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR OF THE ARPT, PLTS WERE DISCOURAGED FROM USING RWY 13 BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC DIRECTLY INTERFERS WITH TRAFFIC AT A NEARBY ARPT. THE PLT LANDED LONG & EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, BUT WAS UNABLETO CLEAR TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6605R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6605R-1985-10-09), registration cancelled 1985-10-09, S/N MC311 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B24R
- Registry model: [Beech B24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b24r) (registry code 1151253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC-311
- Airframe hours: 1852
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: FAA Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 23, 1983, 68 hours before
- Departed: N80, OCEAN CITY, MD
- Airport: W32, Hyde Field, runway 31, 1,930 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 919 total, 438 in this make and model, 796 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19840427014729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840427014729A), Apr 27, 1984: Beech B24R, Clinton, MD, Destroyed. Landed downwind on 31 due other runway closed for resurfacing. Landed long. Tried go around. Struck trees at end.

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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