What happened
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High and fast on second try to land. Hydroplaned in standing water on runway. Slid off end. Wing hit tree and ditch (-23) aircraft was on a local area flight when the pilot noticed a rainshower approaching the airport. By the time he arrived over the airport, half the airport was covered by the shower. The pilot's first approach was too high and he executed a go-around. The second approach was with the airport totally covered by the shower. On the second approach the pilot was again high despite having flaps set full down at 30 degrees. The aircraft landed approximately 1100 feet down the 2600 x 21 foot runway. The runway initially has a landing heading of 180 degrees but near the halfway point changes heading to 170 degrees. There was some standing water on the runway. The pilot reported that the brakes did not work. The aircraft went off the right-side of the runway approximately 200 feet from the end of the runway crsooing 200 feet of grass until reaching a ditch. The aircraft came to rest in the ditch which is approximately 15 feet wide and ten feet deep. The nose of the aircraft was resting on the south side of the ditch and the empennage was resting on the north side. The left wing hit a tree on the southern side of the ditch causing extensive damage to the wing and cabin structure. The nose gear collapsed rearward causing damage to the cabin flooring and the engine firewall. The fuselage aft of the cabin was split open. The aircraft was classified destroyed but there were no injuries.
As the FAA filed it
HIGH AND FAST ON SECOND TRY TO LAND. HYDROPLANED IN STANDING WATER ON RUNWAY. SLID OFF END. WING HIT TREE AND DITCH (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL AREA FLIGHT WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED A RAINSHOWER APPROACHING THE AIRPORT. BY THE TIME HE ARRIVED OVER THE AIRPORT, HALF THE AIRPORT WAS COVERED BY THE SHOWER. THE PILOT'S FIRST APPROACH WAS TOO HIGH AND HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. THE SECOND APPROACH WAS WITH THE AIRPORT TOTALLY COVERED BY THE SHOWER. ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE PILOT WAS AGAIN HIGH DESPITE HAVING FLAPS SET FULL DOWN AT 30 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET DOWN THE 2600 X 21 FOOT RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY INITIALLY HAS A LANDING HEADING OF 180 DEGREES BUT NEAR THE HALFWAY POINT CHANGES HEADING TO 170 DEGREES. THERE WAS SOME STANDING WATER ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT-SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY CRSOOING 200 FEET OF GRASS UNTIL REACHING A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE DITCH WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET WIDE AND TEN FEET DEEP. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DITCH AND THE EMPENNAGE WAS RESTING ON THE NORTH SIDE. THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE DITCH CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE WING AND CABIN STRUCTURE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED REARWARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE CABIN FLOORING AND THE ENGINE FIREWALL. THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE CABIN WAS SPLIT OPEN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLASSIFIED DESTROYED BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
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