# Accident 19990319002279A: Beech 95A55, Mokuleia, HI, March 19, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 19, 1999, 12:37 local time - Place: Mokuleia, HI - Airport: Dillingham Airfield Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 21.4493° N, 158.0102° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.4493&lon=-158.0102&mi=10 - Aircraft: N199Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199Q-1999-12-15) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech D95A (registry code 1153408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d95a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 95A55 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA124) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990319002279A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT WAS DOING A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED A HIGH RATE OF SINK AND ATTEMPTED RECOVERY BY PERFORMING A GO AROUND, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND DID A STEEP BANK TURN, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE ACFT CAME DOWN ON ITS BELLY, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WITH A MULTI-ENGINE STUDENT AT THE CONTROLS, A SUDDEN WIND GUST PICKED UP THE LEFT WING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED 90 DEGREE TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD NOT MADE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION UNTIL AFTER THE RIGHT WING HAD STRUCK THE GROUND. (.19) ON MARCH 19, 1999, ABOUT 1237 HOURS HAWAIIAN STANDARD TIME, A BEECH D95A, N199Q, DRAGGED THE RIGHT WING TIP AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE LANDING AT THE DILLINGHAM, HAWAII, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS UNDERGOING INSTRUCTION FOR A MULTIENGINE RATING, WERE NOT INJURED. THE IN STRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY ANDERSON AVIATION, MILILANI, HAWAII. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HONOLULU, HAWAII, ABOUT 1115. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR FROM THE HONOLULU FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE AND INTERVIEWED THE CFI, THE PILOT TRAINEE, AND A GROUND WITNESS. THE CFI INDICATED THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED TWO NORMAL LANDINGS TO RUNWAY 8. ON THEIR THIRD ATTEMPT THEY PERFORMED A SIMULATED SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE RETARDED. THE CFI REPORTED THAT THEY EXPERIENCED A STRONG WIND GUST JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND THE LEFT WING WAS LIFTED UPWARD. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT ALL EFFORTS TO REGAIN CONTROL WITH THE FULL LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER FAILED. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO BANK JUST ABOVE THE GROUND. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT 180 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WEREFROM ABOUT 060 DEGREES WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS. THE PILOT TRAINEE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON THE CONTROLS UNTIL THE WING STRUCK THE GROUND. HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT HE HAD NOT TRIED TO APPLY POWER OR ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND. THE GROUND WITNESS, A MULTIENGINE RATED PILOT, REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH SEEMED "TOO SLOW" FOR THE SPECIFIC MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT. HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD NOT HEARD ANY INCREASE OF POWER. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB LAX99LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA124), Mar 19, 1999: Beech D95A (N199Q), Dillingham, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student's failure to maintain aircraft control in the gusty crosswind conditions due to limited left yaw authority induced by the simulated single engine approach. The flight instructor's… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.