# Incident 20221112019689I: Beech C-45H, Titusville, FL, November 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2022, 12:28 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N606PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N606PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-45H
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221112019689I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 12, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:28 LOCAL TIME PILOT HAD LANDED AND WAS ROLLING OUT ON RUNWAY 18 (RUNWAY IN USE) AT SPACE COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT, TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA (KTIX).

THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO RUNWAY 09 IF ABLE.  THE PILOT MADE AN ABRUPT RIGHT TURN ONTO RUNWAY 27 AND WENT INTO THE GRASS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUNWAY 9/27 AND THEN BACK ONTO RUNWAY 9/27 HARD SURFACE FACING EAST.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 18.

THE PILOT REPORTED TO KTIX AIR TRAFFIC CONTRO TOWER (ATCT) A LOSS OF BRAKES BUT COULD TAXI TO THE RAMP.  THE PILOT WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO THE RAMP.  AFTER TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY ALPHA THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MAY HAVE DAMAGED AN AIRPORT SIGN.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKES SEEMED MUSHY DURING THE GROUND LOOP INCIDENT BUT WERE FINE DURING TAXI.

THE AIRCRAFT DID STRIKE AN AIRPORT SIGN CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FLAP AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

THE REPORTED WEAHTER AT KTIX AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT HAD THE WIND FROM 260 DEGREES AT 8 KTS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WIND WAS REPORTED FROM 190 DURING HIS APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT.

WINDS SHIFTING TO A CROSSWIND CONTRIBUTED TO THIS AIRCRAFT WITH CONVENTIONAL GEAR GROUND LOOPING.  THE POSSIBILTY OF MUSHY BRAKES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED ALSO MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN IMMEDIATE CONTROL.

THE PILOT IS AN EXPEREINCED PILOT STATING THAT HE HAD 5000 HRS OF TAILWHEEL FLIGHT TIME.

## Other reports on N606PA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951022041159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951022041159I), Oct 22, 1995: Beech C45H (N606PA), Waynesville, OH. Narrative: student freefall jumper rolled over on opening, entangling main canopy. Student pulled reserve, but reserve entangled in main and could not open.…
- [Incident 19941016046139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941016046139I), Oct 16, 1994: Beech C45H (N606PA), Waynesville, OH. Main chute tangled with pilot chute. Did not cut away or use reserve chute. Injured during canopy oscillation.
- [Incident 19890826060019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890826060019I), Aug 26, 1989: Beech C45H (N606PA), Waynesville, OH. Student entered uncontrollable spin. Reserve opened with line twisted. Hospitalized with crushed vertebra.

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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