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CHI85IA073

1984-12-21 · AKRON, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport AKR

N25RL has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BRAVO LIMA LLC CCX-2300, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING ARRIVAL AT MEDINA, OH, THE PLT DISCOVERED THAT THE NDB WAS INOP, SO HE DIVERTED TO THE AKRON FULTON ARPT. HE WAS VECTORED FOR A LOCALIZER APCH TO RWY 25. DURING THE APCH, HE DESCENDED TO THE MIN DESCENT ALT (MDA) OF 512 FT AGL. WHEN HE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT, HE REDUCED POWER, EXTENDED FULL FLAPS & SUBSEQUENTLY TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE WET RWY. THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, THE ACFT BEGAN HYDROPLANING. HE DECIDED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT OVERRUN & CLEAR AREA OFF THE END OF THE RWY TO SAFETY STOP, SO HE ELECTED NOT TO GO AROUND. HOWEVER, HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WERE RAILROAD TRACKS JUST BEYOND THE OVERRUN. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE RWY. BEYOND THE 398 FT OVERRUN, THE ACFT HIT THE RAILROAD TRACKS & WAS DAMAGED. THE NDB AT MEDINA HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR OVER 6 MOS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_CHI85IA073.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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