# Accident 20130111000379A: Beech 65-B80, Alexandria, MN, January 11, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2013, 08:06 local time
- Place: Alexandria, MN
- Airport: Chandler Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BEMA
- Location: 45.8625° N, 95.4000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8625&lon=-95.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N110BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N110BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-B80 (registry code 1152812, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-B80
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720-A1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,634 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130111000379A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MSP TO AXN DECIDED TO LAND ON RWY 31 AT AXN WITH WIND 190 @ 8 KNOTS.  DECISION TO LAND ON 31 WITH A TAILWIND WAS MADE DUE TO RWY 31 HAD AN ILS APPROACH AND WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO BE 3/4 MILES VISIBILITY AND 200 FT. OVERCAST.  THE PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN AT AROUND THE 1000' MARKER OF THE 5100' RWY.  UPON LANDING, PILOT STATED HE EXPERIENCED LITTLE OR KNOW BRAKING.  PILOT STATED THAT HE OPTED NOT TO DO A GO AROUND  BECAUSE HE DID NOT FEEL HE HAD ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT AND HE HAD A 8 KNOT TAILWIND.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON OFF THE END OF RWY 31 ABOUT 400' AND THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  LEFT WING STRUCK THE FARTHEST RIGHT SECTION OF THE ILS ANTENNA AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND THE ILS ANTENNA.  THIS WAS THE FIRST AIRCRAFT THAT LANDED AT AXN ON THIS DAY AND THERE WERE NO RUNWAY CONDITION REPORTS AVAILABLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA129), Jan 11, 2013: Beech 65-B80 (N110BA), Alexandria, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to stop the airplane on the downsloping, ice-contaminated runway after landing with a tailwind. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to account for the wind…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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