20050914021009A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Raythn 390 · Rockland, ME · September 14, 2005

Date
September 14, 2005
Place
Rockland, ME
Airport
Knox County Regional
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N701DF
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC05LA142
Reported as
Raythn 390
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total400 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Aircraft was completing ILS approach to runway 13. Aircraft impacted runway (right main landing gear) approximately seventeen feet to the left of centerline approx one thousand feet from threshold. Left main gear contacted runway twenty-three feet beyond the point where right main gear contacted. Nosewheel contacted runway forty-eight feet beyond point where right main gear contacted runway. These observations based on distinct skidmarks on runway that are consistent with damage. Aircraft appeared to have been in nose high, right wing low attitude at point of first contact, suggesting unstable attitude and uncontrolled sink rate. Weather at the time was one hundred feet overcast with one quarter mile visibility. This was the second approach as first approach resulted in missed approach. Pilot stated that he had landed normally, but lost control and became airborne after he believed the left main landing gear tire had blown. This assertion could not be verified.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETING ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY (RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR) APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN FEET TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE APPROX ONE THOUSAND FEET FROM THRESHOLD. LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED RUNWAY TWENTY-THREE FEET BEYOND THE POINT WHERE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED. NOSEWHEEL CONTACTED RUNWAY FORTY-EIGHT FEET BEYOND POINT WHERE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED RUNWAY. THESE OBSERVATIONS BASED ON DISTINCT SKIDMARKS ON RUNWAY THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN IN NOSE HIGH, RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE AT POINT OF FIRST CONTACT, SUGGESTING UNSTABLE ATTITUDE AND UNCONTROLLED SINK RATE. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS ONE HUNDRED FEET OVERCAST WITH ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY. THIS WAS THE SECOND APPROACH AS FIRST APPROACH RESULTED IN MISSED APPROACH. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LANDED NORMALLY, BUT LOST CONTROL AND BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER HE BELIEVED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE HAD BLOWN. THIS ASSERTION COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.