20110413008069I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525B · Furnace Creek, CA · April 13, 2011

Date
April 13, 2011 · 10:51 local
Place
Furnace Creek, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N308GT
Reported as
Cessna 525B
Reported engine
Williams FJ44-3A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,107 total764 in this make and model39 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.

Pilot departed thermal California (trm) at approximately 1015 local on an IFR flight plan to Furnace Creek (L06). Pilot cancelled IFR approximately 05 minutes from L06. L06 wind indicator showed wind from approximately westerly direction, which agreed with information from the park service which pilot had obtained earlier. Pilot approached landing at vapp speed then to vref. Pilot touched down very near the approach end of the runway, applied brakes and ground flaps, but deceleration wasn't or didn't seem normal to pilot. Pilot realized that the braking may not stop the aircraft in time from departing the runway, but it was too late for a safe go around so he overran the runway and stopped approximately 50 feet in the sandy area at the end of the 33.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED THERMAL CALIFORNIA (TRM) AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 LOCAL ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO FURNACE CREEK (L06). PILOT CANCELLED IFR APPROXIMATELY 05 MINUTES FROM L06. L06 WIND INDICATOR SHOWED WIND FROM APPROXIMATELY WESTERLY DIRECTION, WHICH AGREED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE PARK SERVICE WHICH PILOT HAD OBTAINED EARLIER. PILOT APPROACHED LANDING AT VAPP SPEED THEN TO VREF. PILOT TOUCHED DOWN VERY NEAR THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, APPLIED BRAKES AND GROUND FLAPS, BUT DECELERATION WASN'T OR DIDN'T SEEM NORMAL TO PILOT. PILOT REALIZED THAT THE BRAKING MAY NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN TIME FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR A SAFE GO AROUND SO HE OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET IN THE SANDY AREA AT THE END OF THE 33.