NTSB Identification: MKC86LA190.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 32343.
Accident occurred Tuesday, September 16, 1986 in HORTON, KS
Aircraft: BEECH A36, registration: N1810S
Injuries: 3 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT NOTED AN 'X' ON RWY 35, SO HE TANSITIONED TO A DOWNWIND FOR RWY 33. AT THAT TIME, THE WINDSOCK SHOWED A DIRECT LEFT X-WIND FOR THE 1860 FT TURF RWY WHICH HAD A FENCE ACROSS THE APCH END. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 400 TO 500 FT DOWN THE RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY, WENT THRU A FENCE, ENCOUNTEREDUNEVEN TERRAIN & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT SAID BRAKING WAS INEFFECTIVE ON THE TURF RWY. ALSO, HE NOTED THAT AFTER THE ACDNT,THE WIND HAD SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHEAST.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
PLANNING/DECISION..IMPROPER..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..FENCE
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..ROUGH/UNEVEN
Contributing Factors
WEATHER CONDITION..UNFAVORABLE WIND
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