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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Lowman, ID · August 20, 2017

Date
August 20, 2017 · 16:15 local
Place
Lowman, ID
Airport
Warm Springs Creek
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N136BJ
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
214 total44 in this make and model28 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.

Airman was landing runway 02 during the late afternoon with high temperatures, high density altitude and gusting winds. According to the pilot, the approach was normal, however during the flare he realized the wind had changed from a cross-wind to a tailwind. On landing rollout, the aircraft departed the end on the runway striking a tree. Damage to the aircraft was substantial.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS LANDING RUNWAY 02 DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES, HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND GUSTING WINDS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL, HOWEVER DURING THE FLARE HE REALIZED THE WIND HAD CHANGED FROM A CROSS-WIND TO A TAILWIND. ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END ON THE RUNWAY STRIKING A TREE. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.