# NTSB ANC21LA063: Beech F35, N891JH, Yakutat, AK, July 11, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 11, 2021, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Yakutat, AK - Coordinates: 59.126249, -138.59752 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.1262&lon=-138.5975&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 103530 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC21LA063 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103530/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103530 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA063 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to ensure adequate runway distance for landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech F35, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1151514), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: wet surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Decision related to condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech F35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md?model=1151514), [All aircraft, 141 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech F35, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151514), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he elected to land long on a remote, wet, vegetation covered airstrip. During the landing rollout, he noted a slippery surface with poor braking action. Realizing he would be unable to stop the airplane before the end of the runway, he decided to rotate the airplane 180º and use power to slow. About 90º through the rotation the airplane impacted a berm sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N891JH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N891JH), registered now, S/N D-4101, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH F35 - Registry model: [Beech F35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (registry code 1151514) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental E225 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (registry code 17015, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: D-4101 - Year built: 1955 - Airframe hours: 4850 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO 550 B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 14, 2021 - Departed: A57, Yakutat, AK - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: PVT, Pvt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 76; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 3, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 8,900 total, 163 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Visibility: 5 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,800 ft broken - Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.11 inHg - Observed at: PAYA, 40 nm away - METAR: METAR PAYA 111753Z AUTO 5SM RA BR BKN018 OVC024 10/09 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP196 P0007 60048 T01000089 10100 20094 55002 TSNO $= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20210711010649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210711010649A), Jul 11, 2021: Beech F35, Yakutat, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot reported he had done a rectangular pattern to decide where the wind was coming from. In the past he has landed many times on the east/west runways.… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 12, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103530. 2.6 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12687731&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=12687987&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos%20-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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