# NTSB SEA05CA029: Beech 58TC, N7858B, Everett, WA, December 22, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: December 22, 2004, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Everett, WA - Coordinates: 47.906944, -122.273056 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9069&lon=-122.2731&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 30, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Seattle, WA - NTSB case key (mKey): 60774 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05CA029 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60774/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA029 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudgment of distance/speed on landing touchdown and rollout, and his subsequent excessive braking. A factor was the fence. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause) - Overrun, landing - roll - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - fence (contributing factor) - Gear collapsed, landing ## Analysis The pilot landed on runway 34R (3,000 feet) by flying the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) to the runway and flaring to land. The pilot said that when he first applied brakes, the airplane swerved left. He corrected with rudder and brake, and again applied brakes evenly. He said that he realized that he was not going to stop in time, so he applied more brake pressure until the wheels locked-up. The airplane departed the end of the runway, and down a grassy incline and through a fence. The airplane came to rest with the landing gear folded up and the nose portion of the fuselage was compressed aft. The pilot estimated the gross weight of his airplane at 5,200 pounds at the time of the accident. He said that the flaps were at 30 degrees, and that he touched down at 1,000 feet down the runway. He calculated that his stopping distance should have been 1,650 feet, according to the manufacturer's Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH). The airport manager said that the PAPI was installed at 400 feet from the approach end of the runway. He further stated that a witness had told him that the airplane did not touchdown until midfield. The Investigator-In-Charge calculated the stopping distance, using 30 degrees of flaps, a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, a pressure altitude of 89 feet, and a gross weight of approximately 5,200 pounds, to be 1,300 feet. ## Factual narrative On December 22, 2004, at approximately 1430 Pacific standard time, a Beech 58TC, N7858B, was substantially damaged when it overran the runway and went through a fence during a landing attempt at Paine Field, Everett, Washington. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The airplane was being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country personal flight that originated from Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, approximately 30 minutes before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan. The pilot said that tower (Air Traffic Control) cleared him to land on runway 34 right (3,000 x 75 feet). He said that he flew the Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) to the runway and flared to land. The pilot said that when he first applied brakes, the airplane swerved left. He corrected with rudder and brake, and again applied brakes evenly. He said that he realized that he was not going to stop in time, so he applied more brake pressure until the wheels locked-up. The airplane departed the end of the runway, and down a grassy incline and through a fence. The airplane came to rest with the landing gear folded up and the nose portion of the fuselage was compressed aft. The pilot estimated the gross weight of his airplane at 5,200 pounds at the time of the accident. He said that the flaps were at 30 degrees, and that he touched down at 1,000 feet down the runway. He calculated that his stopping distance should have been 1,650 feet, according to the manufacturer's Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH). The airport manager said that the PAPI was installed at 400 feet from the approach end of the runway. He further stated that a witness had told him that the airplane did not touchdown, for its full-stop landing, until midfield. The Investigator-In-Charge calculated the stopping distance, using 30 degrees of flaps, a temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, a pressure altitude of 89 feet, a no-wind weather condition, and a gross weight of approximately 5,200 pounds, to be 1,300 feet. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7858B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7858B-2013-06-12), registration cancelled 2013-06-12, S/N TK-64, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 58TC - Registry model: [Beech 58TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (registry code 1152746) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TK-64 - Airframe hours: 1452 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-LB1 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Richard G. Sperling - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 4, 2004, 120 hours before - Departed: BFI, Seattle, WA - Destination: PAE, Everett, WA - Airport: PAE, Paine Field, runway 34R, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review January 23, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 1,406 total, 170 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 0 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 30.47 inHg - Observed at: PAE ## 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 20041222033329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041222033329A), Dec 22, 2004: Beech 58TC, Everett, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing on runway 34R at pae, aircraft ran off of the runway into the north overrun, through a fence and came to rest on perimeter road, causing… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.