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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hawker Beechcraft G36 · Decatur, TX · September 6, 2012

Date
September 6, 2012 · 10:30 local
Place
Decatur, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N563AP
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN12CA612
Reported as
Hawker Beechcraft G36
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
460 total50 in this make and model

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.

Aircraft canceled IFR and executed a visual approach to landing. After entering a left down wind the aircraft then turned to a close-in left base. Because the aircraft was high and fast on final it bounced two times after landing. The pilot then executed a go-around but later decided he would not be able to clear power lines at the south end of the airport. The pilot then attempted another landing using the remaining runway but failed to stop and continued off the end of the runway to the left where he impacted a barb wire fence and steel support post. The outer half of the left wing was removed, the right main gear collapsed, and the nose gear was bent. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CANCELED IFR AND EXECUTED A VISUAL APPROACH TO LANDING. AFTER ENTERING A LEFT DOWN WIND THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED TO A CLOSE-IN LEFT BASE. BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL IT BOUNCED TWO TIMES AFTER LANDING. THE PILOT THEN EXECUTED A GO-AROUND BUT LATER DECIDED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CLEAR POWER LINES AT THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED ANOTHER LANDING USING THE REMAINING RUNWAY BUT FAILED TO STOP AND CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT WHERE HE IMPACTED A BARB WIRE FENCE AND STEEL SUPPORT POST. THE OUTER HALF OF THE LEFT WING WAS REMOVED, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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