- Date
- July 13, 1989, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waterville, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N961WWBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890713025269A
- Case key
- 36436
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard of NOTAMS and the excessive landing speed which resulted in a long landing roll.
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 pilot said he entered downwind for runway 05. On final approach, the airplane started drifting to the right and he corrected with power. The airplane touched down on wet pavement; brakes were ineffective. The airplane went into broken runway pavement at a speed of about 10 to 15 miles per hour. The pilot had received NOTAMS that 2700 feet of the departure end of runway 05 was closed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N961WW
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-316
- Airframe hours
- 1,370
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Sommers
- Registered owner
- Geoff Rob, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1989 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- BCT · Boca Raton, FL
- Destination
- WVL · Waterville, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- WVL · Robert Lafleur, runway 5, 5,511 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 243 in this make and model · 416 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.