# Incident 20200831018509I: Beech 58P, New Orleans, LA, August 31, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2020, 12:50 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6024C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200831018509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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