# NTSB CEN12CA612: Hawker Beechcraft G36, N563AP, Decatur, TX, September 6, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 6, 2012, 10:55 local (15:55 UTC) - Place: Decatur, TX - Coordinates: 33.254165, -97.580276 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5803&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 19, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - Fort Worth FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 84960 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA612 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84960/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84960 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA612 ## Probable cause The pilot's delay in executing the aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft G36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=4220009), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/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: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft G36, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=4220009), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft G36, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=4220009), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that the airplane bounced twice during landing. After the second bounce, the pilot executed an aborted landing. He stated that during the aborted landing, he was concerned that the airplane would not clear obstacles at the end of the runway and elected to land the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane went off the end of the runway, through a fence, and onto a road. The airplane's right main landing gear was separated and the right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot listed no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot commented in his report that an earlier decision to execute the aborted landing may have prevented the accident. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that the flight was an Angel Flight and the airplane bounced twice during landing. After the second bounce the pilot executed an aborted landing. He stated that during the aborted landing he was concerned that the airplane would not clear obstacles at the end of the runway and elected to land the airplane on the remaining runway. The airplane went off the end of the runway, through a fence and onto a road. The airplane's right main landing gear was separated and the right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot listed no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane. The pilot commented in his report that an earlier decision to execute the aborted landing may have prevented the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N563AP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N563AP), registered now, S/N E-3967, built 2011 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP G36 - Registry model: [Hawker Beechcraft G36](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-g36) (registry code 4220009) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (registry code 17208, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: E-3967 - Airframe hours: 152 - Engines: Continental IO-550-B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: N563ap LLC - Registered owner: N563ap LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: DWH, Houston, TX - Destination: LUD, Decatur, TX - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: LUD, Decatur Municipal Airport, runway 17, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 11, 2011; seat: left; flight hours: 460 total, 50 in this make and model, 391 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 100 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg ## 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 20120906021549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120906021549A), Sep 6, 2012: Hawker Beechcraft Corp G36, Decatur, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft canceled IFR and executed a visual approach to landing. After entering a left down wind the aircraft then turned to a close-in left base. Because the… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 25, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84960. 637 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 637 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40379842&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.