Manistee County-Blacker Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Manistee, Michigan 49660
Wednesday, March 4, 1998 9:07 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane touched down approximately 3,100 to 3,200 feet down the 5,502-foot-long runway. It continued off the end of the runway where the nose gear collapsed puncturing the pressure bulkhead. The AWOS report received by the flightcrew during the approach reported the weather at the airport as partially obscured with a 200 foot broken ceiling. Minimum descent altitude for the approach was 441 feet with weather minimums of a 500 foot ceiling and 1 1/4 mile visibility. The flight data recorder shows the airplane touched down at an airspeed of 138 knots. The crew called out a Vref during the approach of 132 knots.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilots excessive airspeed during landing, exceeding the proper touchdown point, and failure to execute a missed approach.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/4/1998
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 907
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City MANISTEE
Event State MICHIGAN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 49660
Event Date Year 1998
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MANISTEE COUNTY-BLACKER
Event Location Nearest Airport ID MBL
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 620
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 857 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID MBL
Elevation of weather observation facility 620
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 1100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 200
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 4
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -1
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 350
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 9
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 136
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Mar 4 1998 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1416
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Dec 11 2000 10:53AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N502T
NTSB Number CHI98LA100
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 650
Aircraft Series Identifier 650
Aircraft Serial Number 7067
Certified Max Gross Weight 22450
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 9
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Nov 20 1997 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 189
Airframe Hours 1166
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name TENNECO MANAGEMENT CO.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1275 KING ST.
Aircraft Owner City GREENWICH
Aircraft Owner State CT
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 06831
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Executive/Corporate
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code UGN
Departure City WAUKEGAN
Departure State IL
Departure Country
Departure Time 737
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code MBL
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:30AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 9
Runway Length 5502
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --