- Date
- October 14, 1986, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Beverly, MA
- Injuries
- 8 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N195BBeech E-90
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861014087089A
- Case key
- 30549
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Beech king air E-90 was observed to break out of the clouds in a steep descent, land long and run off the departure end of the 4637 ft runway. The aircraft received substantial damage and the crew of 2 and 6 passengers received minor injuries. The touchdown point was estimated by several witnesses to be approx. 3400 ft from the approach end leaving 1200 ft of runway to stop the aircraft. There was no record of any landing clearance issued by the control tower and no record of the pilot reporting the final approach fix inbound to the control tower as instructed. The visibility minimums for the non-precision localizer approach are 1 mile. The minimum descent altitude for the approach was 492 ft above the airport elevation. The last weather that the pilot was issued was indefinite ceiling 100 ft sky obscured, visibility 3/4 mile with rain and fog. A special weather observation after the accident showed the only change to the weather was an increase in visibiltiy to 1 mile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N195B
- Reported as
- Beech E-90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LW-195
- Airframe hours
- 4,438
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-2B, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Avco Corp.
- Registered owner
- Avco Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 7, 1986 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BVY · Beverly Municipal, runway 16, 4,637 × 150 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
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19,818 total · 6,543 in this make and model · 13,902 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Observed at
- BVY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.