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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58P · New Orleans, LA · August 31, 2020

Date: August 31, 2020 · 12:50 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6024C
Reported as: Beech 58P
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,800 total2,100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Monday August 31, 2020, the pilot was returning from baton rouge to land at Lakefront Airport,knew in New Orleans.

It was 1250 in the afternoon and a heavy shower had just moved away from the airport.

The pilot was making a visual approach to runway 36R. The aircraft touched down and began breaking and about halfway down the runway he began to hydroplane and lost all breaking ability. The plane then began sliding a little sideways. The pilot decided to not attempt a go-around. The aircraft then ran off the end of the runway.

The pilot was alone in the airplane and was not injured. The left engine propeller struck the grass and is damaged.

As the FAA filed it

ON MONDAY AUGUST 31, 2020, THE PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM BATON ROUGE TO LAND AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT,KNEW IN NEW ORLEANS.

IT WAS 1250 IN THE AFTERNOON AND A HEAVY SHOWER HAD JUST MOVED AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT.

THE PILOT WAS MAKING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36R. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND BEGAN BREAKING AND ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY HE BEGAN TO HYDROPLANE AND LOST ALL BREAKING ABILITY. THE PLANE THEN BEGAN SLIDING A LITTLE SIDEWAYS. THE PILOT DECIDED TO NOT ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

THE PILOT WAS ALONE IN THE AIRPLANE AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GRASS AND IS DAMAGED.