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FAA incident report · Beech 200 · Indianapolis, IN · December 26, 2015

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Date
December 26, 2015 · 12:50 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N108AL
Reported as
Beech 200
Reported engine
U/A Canada PT6A-41
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total700 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N108ALRegistered now · Beech 200S/N BB-730 · Built 1980Airframe modelBeech 200Engine modelU/A Canada PT6A-41Turbo-prop

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What happened

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On December 26, 2015, at approximately 1250 eastern standard time (EST), a 1980 Beechcraft king air 200, N108AL, sustained minor damage during a runway excursion when it hit a runway edge light after landing at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (ump) located near Indianapolis, Indiana.

Neither the airline transport pilot nor his four passengers were injured. The airplane was registered to rj flight LLC. And was being operated under the provisions of 14 code of federal regulations part 91 as a corporate flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the flight departing from albert whitted airport (spg) in st. petersburg, Florida at 0940 EST.

The pilot stated he had the ASOS weather and requested a GPS runway 15 approach. Air traffic control advised the pilot of moderate to heavy rain on the runway 15 approach so the pilot elected to accept a clearance for the RNAV (GPS) runway 33 approach to ump. The pilot stated he made a normal approach and landing and then drifted too FAR left coming out of beta at 20 knots and the plane got in the rain soaked soft new sod and he ran out of rudder pedal to steer. The pilot attributed his mistake to a quartering tailwind.

Tire indentations from the left main landing gear began tracking parallel to the left edge of the runway 1950 feet down from the arrival end of runway 33, which is 3848 feet long and 100 feet wide with grooved pavement. The left main tire tracks crossed a runway edge light adjacent to taxiway A3 that was compacted by the left main landing gear. The aircraft crossed taxiway A3 and after that all three landing gear formed indentations that showed evidence of a skid with the nose pointed to the right. The total distance traveled off of the runway was approximately 850 feet at which point the airplane was turned nearly parallel to the runway where the pilot reported tried to taxi back on to the runway and the airplane sunk in the soft surface and would not roll back on to the pavement.

Witnesses reported the aircraft in an unusually steep bank to the left just before touching down hard and bouncing several times preceding the runway excursion. Five minutes before the incident the ump automated weather observation station reported overcast at 400 feet with the visibility at one and one quarter miles and calm winds.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 26, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A 1980 BEECHCRAFT KING AIR 200, N108AL, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A RUNWAY EXCURSION WHEN IT HIT A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT AFTER LANDING AT THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (UMP) LOCATED NEAR INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

NEITHER THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT NOR HIS FOUR PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO RJ FLIGHT LLC. AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A CORPORATE FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT (SPG) IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA AT 0940 EST.

THE PILOT STATED HE HAD THE ASOS WEATHER AND REQUESTED A GPS RUNWAY 15 APPROACH. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ADVISED THE PILOT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ON THE RUNWAY 15 APPROACH SO THE PILOT ELECTED TO ACCEPT A CLEARANCE FOR THE RNAV (GPS) RUNWAY 33 APPROACH TO UMP. THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING AND THEN DRIFTED TOO FAR LEFT COMING OUT OF BETA AT 20 KNOTS AND THE PLANE GOT IN THE RAIN SOAKED SOFT NEW SOD AND HE RAN OUT OF RUDDER PEDAL TO STEER. THE PILOT ATTRIBUTED HIS MISTAKE TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND.

TIRE INDENTATIONS FROM THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN TRACKING PARALLEL TO THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY 1950 FEET DOWN FROM THE ARRIVAL END OF RUNWAY 33, WHICH IS 3848 FEET LONG AND 100 FEET WIDE WITH GROOVED PAVEMENT. THE LEFT MAIN TIRE TRACKS CROSSED A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY A3 THAT WAS COMPACTED BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED TAXIWAY A3 AND AFTER THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR FORMED INDENTATIONS THAT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF A SKID WITH THE NOSE POINTED TO THE RIGHT. THE TOTAL DISTANCE TRAVELED OFF OF THE RUNWAY WAS APPROXIMATELY 850 FEET AT WHICH POINT THE AIRPLANE WAS TURNED NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PILOT REPORTED TRIED TO TAXI BACK ON TO THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRPLANE SUNK IN THE SOFT SURFACE AND WOULD NOT ROLL BACK ON TO THE PAVEMENT.

WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN UNUSUALLY STEEP BANK TO THE LEFT JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN HARD AND BOUNCING SEVERAL TIMES PRECEDING THE RUNWAY EXCURSION. FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE INCIDENT THE UMP AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION REPORTED OVERCAST AT 400 FEET WITH THE VISIBILITY AT ONE AND ONE QUARTER MILES AND CALM WINDS.