# NTSB CEN13CA129: Beech 65-B80, N110BA, Alexandria, MN, January 11, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 11, 2013, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC) - Place: Alexandria, MN - Coordinates: 45.862499, -95.400001 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8625&lon=-95.4000&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 18, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 86004 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA129 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86004/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86004 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA129 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to stop the airplane on the downsloping, ice-contaminated runway after landing with a tailwind. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to account for the wind conditions and failure to obtain runway conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 219 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Awareness of condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 219 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Aircraft capability: braking capability](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 57 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061050/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech 65-B80, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1152812), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis About 35 miles southeast of the destination airport, the pilot obtained the local weather information and requested the instrument landing system approach (ILS) to runway 31. Upon descending to the decision height, the pilot saw the runway end identifier lights and continued the approach. The pilot then saw the visual approach slope indicator lights and the runway lights and decided to land. The airplane touched down about 1,000 feet down the 5,100-foot-long runway. The pilot reported that when the tires came in contact with the runway, the brakes alternately skidded then "grabbed" the runway surface. The pilot decided not to go around and to remain on the runway and attempt to stop the airplane. The airplane traveled into the snow-covered terrain off the departure end of the runway where it contacted an ILS antenna pylon, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing spar. The pilot reported that the downsloping runway was ice covered and that he landed with an approximate 8-knot tailwind. He reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He also stated he had no prior knowledge of what the braking action on the runway would be. ## Factual narrative About 35 miles southeast of the destination airport, the pilot received the local weather information. The pilot requested the instrument landing system approach (ILS) to runway 31. Upon descending to the decision height, the pilot saw the runway end identifier lights and continued the approach. The pilot then saw the visual approach slope indicator (VASI) lights and the runway lights, and decided to land. The airplane touched down approximately 1,000 feet down the runway. The pilot reported that when the tires came in contact with the runway the brakes would skid, then "grab", skid, and then "grab". The pilot elected not to go around, remain on the runway and attempt to stop the airplane. The airplane traveled into the snow covered terrain off the departure end of the runway where it contacted an ILS antenna pylon, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing spar. The pilot reported that the downsloping runway was ice covered, that he landed with an approximate 8 knot tailwind, and there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane. He also stated he had no prior knowledge of what the braking action on the runway would be. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N110BA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N110BA), registered now, S/N LD-279, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 65-B80 - Registry model: [Beech 65-B80](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-b80) (registry code 1152812) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: LD-279 - Engines: reciprocating; Lycoming IO-720 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Bemidji Aviation Services Inc - Registered owner: Bemidji Aviation Services Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: MSP, Minneapolis, MN - Destination: AXN, Alexandria, MN - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: AXN, Alexindria Municipal Airport, runway 31, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 48; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review December 26, 2012; seat: left; flight hours: 4,630 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 4,085 as pilot in command, 91 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 7 knots - Visibility: 1 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 200 ft overcast - Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.47 inHg - Observed at: AXN ## 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 20130111000379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130111000379A), Jan 11, 2013: Beech 65-B80, Alexandria, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot on IFR flight plan from msp to axn decided to land on rwy 31 at axn with wind 190 @ 8 knots. Decision to land on 31 with a tailwind was made due to rwy… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 8, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86004. 696 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 696 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40391257&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. 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