- Date
- January 18, 1990, 10:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N612GAero Commander 680E
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900118000729A
- Case key
- 8200
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive airspeed and delay in initiating a go-around during the landing. Factors related to the accident were: the wet runway condition, the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point for the landing, and his lack of flying experience in the type of aircraft.
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
After breaking out high on a localizer rwy 26 apch, the plt elected to circle for lndg on rwy 8. He rprtd that the acft touched down on the 1st qtr of the 3497' rwy, but witnesses rprtd it lndd about midway down the rwy. The estd lndg wt was 7000 lbs. The winds were rprtd fm 240 deg at 5 KTS. After touchdown, the plt believed the acft was hydroplaning. He was uncertain that he could stop the acft on the remaining rwy & atmtd a go-arnd. He raised flaps to the 1/4 psn & advanced the throttles. The plt stated that the left eng did not immediately respond & the acft drifted to the left. He then atmtd to stop the acft on the rwy, but it angled off the rwy nr the dep end. Subsequently, the acft impacted rough trrn at a river bank byd the end of the rwy & was substantially dmgd. The plt had about 43 hrs of multi-eng experience with 28 hrs flt time in the acdnt acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N612G
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 68035645
- Airframe hours
- 7,440
- Engine
- Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Shields
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1989 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- RNC · Mcminnville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DKX · Knoxville Downtown Island, runway 8, 3,497 × 75 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 409 total · 28 in this make and model · 358 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.