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FAA incident report · Israel 1124 · Stuart, FL · December 27, 1995

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Date
December 27, 1995 · 13:30 local
Place
Stuart, FL
Airport
Witham Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N801SM
Reported as
Israel 1124
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total2,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the westwind had dropped off passengers at fxe and wanted to do some pilot training. Because of the amount of traffic in the fxe area, capt. helton elected to proceed to sua to do full stop landings to train a new SIC. The pilot contacted sua ATCT and requested full stop taxi back landings and was cleared to land on runway 29. Capt. helton stated that after a normal touchdown on the center line they felt a vibration and shortly thereafter the aircraft began to drift left. Both pilots stated and the tower confirmed that the aircraft got into a skidding condition and capt. helton flying from the right seat attempted to correct with hard right brake and rudder pressure. When the aircraft had slowed to about 30 mph it went off of the left side of the runway at about the 3100 ft. point and mired in the sand approximately 30 feet from the runway. The tower controller reported seeing a puff of blue smoke shortly after touchdown and alerted the crash crew. Both main tires were blown and the inboard left main gear door was bent back. There was no other apparent damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE WESTWIND HAD DROPPED OFF PASSENGERS AT FXE AND WANTED TO DO SOME PILOT TRAINING. BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THE FXE AREA, CAPT. HELTON ELECTED TO PROCEED TO SUA TO DO FULL STOP LANDINGS TO TRAIN A NEW SIC. THE PILOT CONTACTED SUA ATCT AND REQUESTED FULL STOP TAXI BACK LANDINGS AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29. CAPT. HELTON STATED THAT AFTER A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON THE CENTER LINE THEY FELT A VIBRATION AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT. BOTH PILOTS STATED AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT GOT INTO A SKIDDING CONDITION AND CAPT. HELTON FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH HARD RIGHT BRAKE AND RUDDER PRESSURE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 30 MPH IT WENT OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT THE 3100 FT. POINT AND MIRED IN THE SAND APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY. THE TOWER CONTROLLER REPORTED SEEING A PUFF OF BLUE SMOKE SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND ALERTED THE CRASH CREW. BOTH MAIN TIRES WERE BLOWN AND THE INBOARD LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS BENT BACK. THERE WAS NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.