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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Beech B36TC · Ardmore, OK · July 24, 2006

Date
July 24, 2006 · 17:00 local
Place
Ardmore, OK
Airport
Ardmore Downtown Executive
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N999AJ
Reported as
Beech B36TC
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
225 total175 in this make and model28 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) At 4:55 p.m. bonanza 999AJ, a B-36TC/G departed rw 17 at 1F0. Outside temperature at the airport was 102 f. winds were 100 at 11 knots gusting to 18 knots. Approximately 15 feet from the ground on takeoff, the front cockpit door opened. The pilot made a decision to do a go around. The go around was uneventful until crossing the numbers on final. A prolonged crosswind gust caused pilot to lower the left wind and use more right rudder. Then the gust dissipated abruptly and the plane quickly moved (overcorrected for the crosswind) to the left edge of the runway. Pilot gave full power with full RPM and full mixture already in place, to attempt a go around. Seeing that he was still sinking the pilot made an error by attempting to correct the sink by lifting the landing gear while attempting to level the wings. The plane's left wing and fuselage contacted the edge of the runway at the same time and the plane slid into the grass. The occupants were unharmed. Damage was sustained to the left wing tip, the propeller, and the bottom of the fuselage. Likely damage to the engine as the contact occurred with full power.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT 4:55 P.M. BONANZA 999AJ, A B-36TC/G DEPARTED RW 17 AT 1F0. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT WAS 102 F. WINDS WERE 100 AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS. APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET FROM THE GROUND ON TAKEOFF, THE FRONT COCKPIT DOOR OPENED. THE PILOT MADE A DECISION TO DO A GO AROUND. THE GO AROUND WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL CROSSING THE NUMBERS ON FINAL. A PROLONGED CROSSWIND GUST CAUSED PILOT TO LOWER THE LEFT WIND AND USE MORE RIGHT RUDDER. THEN THE GUST DISSIPATED ABRUPTLY AND THE PLANE QUICKLY MOVED (OVERCORRECTED FOR THE CROSSWIND) TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT GAVE FULL POWER WITH FULL RPM AND FULL MIXTURE ALREADY IN PLACE, TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUND. SEEING THAT HE WAS STILL SINKING THE PILOT MADE AN ERROR BY ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THE SINK BY LIFTING THE LANDING GEAR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEVEL THE WINGS. THE PLANE'S LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE CONTACTED THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AT THE SAME TIME AND THE PLANE SLID INTO THE GRASS. THE OCCUPANTS WERE UNHARMED. DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE LEFT WING TIP, THE PROPELLER, AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. LIKELY DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AS THE CONTACT OCCURRED WITH FULL POWER.