20110615011269A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 525A · Nashville, TN · June 15, 2011

Date
June 15, 2011 · 17:15 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N129SG
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11LA345
Reported as
Cessna 525A
Reported engine
Williams FJ-44 series
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
16,609 total669 in this make and model53 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.

On final approach 5 miles out for runway 20, the airspeed of the aircraft was 200 KTS and the aircraft was above glide path. The person in the right seat, who had control of the aircraft, was a student pilot privacy data omitted. The capt. told the privacy data omitted that they were high and fast and they needed to get down and slow down the aircraft. At this time, the privacy data omitted handed control back over to the capt. the capt. lowered the landing gear and set the flaps to approach and started a steep approach angle to get back on glide path. Airspeed was 165 KTS, and slowing, when the ground proximity aural warning system announced, "sink rate , pull up". The capt. continued the approach, touching down at 130 KTS on a wet runway and approximately half way down the runway. The aircraft continued off the runway on to the grass, travelled 400FT, struck 4 of the ILS antennas with the left wing, the left landing gear struck the concret ILS support and was dislodged from the aircraft. The aircraft continued 200FT more before spinning 160 deg. To the left, coming to rest on a heading of 04.

As the FAA filed it

ON FINAL APPROACH 5 MILES OUT FOR RUNWAY 20, THE AIRSPEED OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS 200 KTS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE GLIDE PATH. THE PERSON IN THE RIGHT SEAT, WHO HAD CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS A STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE CAPT. TOLD THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT THEY WERE HIGH AND FAST AND THEY NEEDED TO GET DOWN AND SLOW DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS TIME, THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HANDED CONTROL BACK OVER TO THE CAPT. THE CAPT. LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND SET THE FLAPS TO APPROACH AND STARTED A STEEP APPROACH ANGLE TO GET BACK ON GLIDE PATH. AIRSPEED WAS 165 KTS, AND SLOWING, WHEN THE GROUND PROXIMITY AURAL WARNING SYSTEM ANNOUNCED, "SINK RATE , PULL UP". THE CAPT. CONTINUED THE APPROACH, TOUCHING DOWN AT 130 KTS ON A WET RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY ON TO THE GRASS, TRAVELLED 400FT, STRUCK 4 OF THE ILS ANTENNAS WITH THE LEFT WING, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE CONCRET ILS SUPPORT AND WAS DISLODGED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED 200FT MORE BEFORE SPINNING 160 DEG.TO THE LEFT, COMING TO REST ON A HEADING OF 04.

NTSB investigation

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