- Date
- June 16, 2013, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- St Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5958PBeech 58P
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Miscellaneous/other
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20130616025919A
- Case key
- 88875
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a rejected landing, which resulted in a collision with an airport sign off the right side of the runway during the transition to the initial climb.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, after touching down, he realized that the airplane had landed long, so he chose to reject the landing. He then heard a "thump" during the initial climb, so he returned to the airport and landed the airplane. A postaccident examination revealed that the right side of the lower fuselage and cockpit floor had been damaged beneath the copilot/right-front passenger seat. Damage was also observed to an airport sign off the runway's right side. The pilot reported no preaccident failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that no flight control issues occurred during the go-around after the impact with the airport sign.
Factual narrative
On June 16, 2013, about 0130 central daylight time, a Beech model 58P airplane, N5958P, was substantially damaged when it impacted an airport sign during a rejected landing on runway 14 (6,491 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at the St. Paul Downtown Airport (STP), St. Paul, Minnesota. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. The second passenger sustained minor injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The flight originated from the Duluth International Airport (DLH), Duluth, Minnesota, about 0015.The pilot stated that after touching down he realized that he had landed long and elected to reject the landing. He reported hearing a "thump" during the initial climb. He returned for a landing and, during the rollout, realized that the right brake was not functional. He used differential thrust to taxi to the ramp. During a postflight inspection, the pilot observed damage to the lower fuselage. A postaccident examination revealed that the right side of the lower fuselage and cockpit floor had been damaged beneath the co-pilot/right front passenger seat. Damage was also observed to an airport sign off the right side of runway 14, in the vicinity of taxiway A1. The pilot stated that there were no failures or malfunctions with the airplane before the accident. He added that there were no flight control issues during the go-around after the impact with the airport sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5958P
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-208
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 4,154
- Engines
- Cont Motor TSIO-520, 325 horsepower, reciprocatingCont Motor TSIO-520, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2012
- Departed
- DLH · Duluth, MN
- Destination
- STP · St Paul, MN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STP · St. Paul Downtown, runway 14, 6,491 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 4, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,630 total · 916 in this make and model · 1,609 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 0 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- STP
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 29, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.