# Incident 20151226020089I: Beech 200, Indianapolis, IN, December 26, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2015, 12:50 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9352° N, 86.0450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (UMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9352&lon=-86.0450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N108AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N108AL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-41 (registry code 61541, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-41) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A-41
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151226020089I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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