# NTSB NYC94LA150: Beech 58P, N119RJ, Newport, RI, August 6, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 5, 1994, 21:30 local (Aug 6, 1994, 01:30 UTC) - Place: Newport, RI - Location: 41.4848° N, 71.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4848&lon=-71.3276&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 5, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38811 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC94LA150 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38811/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA150 ## Probable cause The pilot's inflight planning/decision and 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 - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor) - aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition (contributing factor) - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll ## Analysis DURING LANDING, THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN RUNWAY 22, CROSSED A DITCH, AND STRUCK SOME APPROACH LIGHTS. THE PILOT REPORTED HE LANDED DOWNWIND AND THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE 3000-FOOT-LONG WET RUNWAY ABOUT 1000 FEET PAST THE APPROACH THRESHOLD. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. ## Factual narrative On August 5, 1994 at about 2130 eastern daylight time, N119RJ, a Beech 58P airplane, a personal flight, overran runway 22 during landing, at State Airport, Newport, Rhode Island. Visual meteorological conditions existed. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. One passenger received minor injuries. The airplane was substantially damaged. The departure point was Peoria, Illinois. The flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the pilot, "Visual contact with the runway was made at approximately 1000 feet, 4 miles from the runway. I cancelled IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) with Providence approach at this time. Landing was made approximately 1000 feet down the runway. Braking action due to rain was nil. The touchdown was made downwind which caused higher than normal ground speed. The plane proceeded off the far end of the runway and traveled to a stop 175 yards from the end on runway 22." The FAA Investigation revealed the aircraft over-ran the runway by 150 yards traveled through and up over a ditch, hit three approach lights and came to rest 10 yards from the airport localizer. The landing information in the Beechcraft, 58P, Airplane Flight Manual was reviewed. Based on a flap setting of 30 degrees and a 10 knot tailwind the computed landing distance was at minimum 2,500 feet. The pilot indicated no mechanical malfunctions. He also stated that this accident could have been prevented by circling to land on runway 4. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N119RJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N119RJ-1997-04-01), registration cancelled 1997-04-01, S/N TJ464 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58P - Registry model: [Beech 58P](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58p) (registry code 1152744) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TJ464 - Airframe hours: 1624 - Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-WB 325 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Edward J. Hudson - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 6, 1994, 147 hours before - Departed: PIA, PEORIA, IL - Destination: 2B4, RI - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: 2B4, Newport State, runway 22, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 910 total, 267 in this make and model, 715 as pilot in command, 141 in the last 90 days, 53 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark - Wind: 30° at 10 knots, gusting 18 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,100 ft broken - Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: PVD ## 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 19940805020309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940805020309A), Aug 5, 1994: Beech 58P, Newport, RI, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on wet runway. Overran runway into a ditch and approach lights. From the NTSB's public API. 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