- Date
- July 17, 2005, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49KBBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20050717028019A
- Case key
- 62831
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive braking resulting in a loss of control and subsequent impact with gully. A related factor was the tailwind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, during the landing roll the wind shifted to a tailwind and he applied brakes a little more than normal. Shortly afterwards he said the right brake failed and the airplane swung around and veered off the left side of the runway, slid 100 feet and came to rest in a deep gully lined with heavy wooded brush. Examination of the airplane found the right wing crumpled upwards, the right main and nose gear collapsed, and the propeller tips bent outward. The accident was not reported to the NTSB until November 16, 2005.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during landing roll the wind shifted to a tailwind and he applied brakes a little more than normal. Shortly afterwards he said the right brake failed and the airplane swung around and veered off the left side of the runway, slid 100 feet and came to rest in a deep gully lined with heavy wooded brush. Examination of the airplane found the right wing crumpled upwards, the right main and nose gear collapsed, and the propeller tips bent outward. The accident was not reported to the NTSB until November 16, 2005.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49KB
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D2028
- Airframe hours
- 4,621
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 185 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven E. Gilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2004
- Departed
- OPN · Thomaston, GA
- Destination
- 5NC3 · Carthage, NC
- Airport
- 5NC3 · Gilliam-McConnell Airfield, runway 13, 2,538 × 36 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 320 in this make and model · 172 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.