- Date
- January 15, 1991, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chelan, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3826KBeech 58P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910115000599A
- Case key
- 41381
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A factor was the patchy ice on the runway.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Overrun
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot lost directional control while landing on a runway with patchy ice and poor braking action. The aircraft slid sideways off the end of the runway, impacted a dirt berm, and collapsed the nose landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3826K
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-342
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-WB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Flightcraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Pettit - Morrey
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- S10 · Chelan Municipal, runway 2, 3,539 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 6,148 total · 40 in this make and model · 4,792 as pilot in command · 111 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Observed at
- EAT, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.