20181130017809A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 550 · Fargo, ND · November 30, 2018

Date
November 30, 2018 · 13:47 local
Place
Fargo, ND
Airport
Fargo Hector International Air
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N941JM
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN19LA039
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard
11
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
9
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,513 total259 in this make and model57 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.

Pilot flew ILS 18 to kfar. Reported breaking out of the cloud layer approximately 400? AGL. At approximately 200? AGL pilot reported aircraft executed a uncommanded roll to the right. Pilot stated applying left aileron and left rudder to counter-act the roll. Pilot attempted a go around but the aircraft continued to descend and roll to the right. Aircraft right wing impacted the runway in a right wing low attitude followed by exiting the runway surface and rolled left with the left main landing gear impacting the ground collapsing it, and puncturing through the left wing. At approximately the same moment, the nose gear impacted the ground causing it to bend starboard breaking off the nose wheel and trunnion. Aircraft slid on the ground about 600? And came to a rest west of runway 18 on a grass surface. Post accident photos and observations indicated about ¾ to 1 inch of mixed ice on the right wing, vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer and angle of attack indicator probe.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW ILS 18 TO KFAR. REPORTED BREAKING OUT OF THE CLOUD LAYER APPROXIMATELY 400? AGL. AT APPROXIMATELY 200? AGL PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE RIGHT. PILOT STATED APPLYING LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER TO COUNTER-ACT THE ROLL. PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND ROLL TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY IN A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE FOLLOWED BY EXITING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND ROLLED LEFT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTING THE GROUND COLLAPSING IT, AND PUNCTURING THROUGH THE LEFT WING. AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MOMENT, THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING IT TO BEND STARBOARD BREAKING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AND TRUNNION. AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE GROUND ABOUT 600? AND CAME TO A REST WEST OF RUNWAY 18 ON A GRASS SURFACE. POST ACCIDENT PHOTOS AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED ABOUT ¾ TO 1 INCH OF MIXED ICE ON THE RIGHT WING, VERTICAL STABILIZER, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATOR PROBE.

NTSB investigation

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