- Date
- December 4, 1990, 07:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Summerville, WV
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N840MDRockwell 690C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901204052809A
- Case key
- 11648
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain adequate aircraft control during the landing flare/touchdown. The turbulent weather was a related factor.
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
The pilot stated that the airplane began to buffet and stalled while on short final. The airplane impacted the runway nose first and the nose gear collapsed. The airplane swerved off the runway and skidded down a wooded embankment located off the left side of the airport. The pilot reported that the flight encountered moderate turbulence during the descent, and there was a right 10 knot crosswind, with gusts to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N840MD
- Reported as
- Rockwell 690C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11693
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-5, 700 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wal-Mart Stores
- Departed
- EKN · Elkins, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- I07 · Summersville, runway 22, 3,020 × 50 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 1,100 in this make and model · 3,739 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 290° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.