- Date
- January 22, 1998, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Selmer, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N911KABeech 65-A90
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980122000499A
- Case key
- 3965
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Probable cause
The loss of control on the ground, due to hydroplaning, and a collision with trees. A factor was the rain.
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, upon landing in heavy rain, the airplane began hydroplaning. He said the airplane departed the left side of the runway, striking trees, which damaged both wings and collapsed the landing gear. A witness stated the airplane touched down in moderate rain.
Factual narrative
On January 22, 1998, about 0730 central standard time, a Beech 65-A90, N911KA, slid off the side of runway 17 and collided with trees during landing at the Robert Sibley Airport, Selmer, Tennessee. The airplane was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and instrument flight rules. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed. The commercial pilot and sole occupant was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from Nashville, Tennessee at 0630.
According to the pilot, upon landing in heavy rain, the airplane began hydroplaning. He said the airplane departed the left side of the runway, striking trees, which damaged both wings and collapsed the landing gear. A witness stated the airplane touched down in moderate rain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N911KA
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ254
- Airframe hours
- 8,842
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanton M. Smith, doing business as Global Air Services, Inc
- Registered owner
- Global Air Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 26, 1997 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Destination
- SZY · TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SZY · Robert Sibley Airport, runway 17, 5,002 × 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
- 33
- 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
- Flight hours
- 3,190 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,190 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKL, 50 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.