# NTSB CEN11CA655: Beech B90, N125A, Hillsboro, TX, September 17, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 17, 2011, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Hillsboro, TX - Coordinates: 32.08361, -97.097221 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0836&lon=-97.0972&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 13, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Adminstration - NTSB case key (mKey): 81844 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11CA655 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81844/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81844 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA655 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to obtain a proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway undershoot. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B90, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Beech B90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Beech B90, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech B90, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1152912), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis While landing, the airplane touched down short of the runway, the left main landing gear impacted the edge of the runway and collapsed, and the airplane departed the edge of the runway into a culvert. The airplane’s left wing sustained substantial damage. ## Factual narrative While landing, the airplane touched down short of the runway, and the left main landing gear impacted the edge of the runway. Subsequently, the left landing gear collapsed and the airplane departed the edge of the runway into a culvert. Substantial damage was sustained to the airplane's left wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N125A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125A-2017-07-07), registration cancelled 2017-07-07, S/N LJ-360, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH B90 - Registry model: [Beech B90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (registry code 1152912) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (registry code 61501, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: LJ-360 - Airframe hours: 9254 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20 550 horsepower turbo prop; Pratt and Whitney PT6A-20 550 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Skydiving, Part 91 - Operator: Brigman Ivan T - Registered owner: Brigman Ivan T - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: KINJ, Hillsboro, TX - Destination: KINJ, Hillsboro, TX - Airport: KINJ, Hillsboro Municipal Airport, runway 16, 3,998 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 41; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 1,900 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 9 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: KINJ ## 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 20110917021259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110917021259A), Sep 17, 2011: Beech B90, Hillsboro, TX, Substantial damage. On short final, right m/l/g touchdown was short of runway, left m/l/g touchdown @ crown in the end of the runway pavement. Aircraft settled on centerline of… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 31, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81844. 292 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1: not obtained (item 1, .PDF, 20 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356040&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%3A%20not%20obtained-Master.PDF - Witness Statement: Pilot's written statement (item 2, .PDF, 223 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356042&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20Statement%3A%20Pilot%27s%20written%20statement-Redacted.PDF - Correspondence: Record of Conversation with FAA Inspector (item 3, .PDF, 49 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40356043&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Correspondence%3A%20Record%20of%20Conversation%20with%20FAA%20Inspector-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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