- Date
- October 12, 2022, 12:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Holland, MI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704JTHonda HA-420
- Defining event
- Landing: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20221012021629A
- Case key
- 192566
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with gusty wind which exceeded the maximum crosswind of the airplane.
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 about 30 minutes before arrival, the crew obtained weather information which showed a left crosswind component of 25 knots (kts) for runway 26. When they flew closer to the airport, the crew requested current wind from air traffic control and determined the crosswind component to be about 17 kts. On landing, the pilot lost directional control of the airplane as it weather-vaned. Despite the use of full right rudder, the pilot could not regain control of the airplane. As the wind subsided, the pilot corrected the airplane back to the runway centerline when another gust of wind pushed the airplane off the right side of the runway. During the runway excursion, the right wing collided with a runway light which resulted in substantial damage to the forward spar lower flange. The airplane was limited to a maximum crosswind of 20 kts. Several minutes after the airplane landed, the automated weather reporting station recorded wind from 190° at 16 kts with gusts to 27 kts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704JT
- Reported as
- Honda HA-420
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42000218
- Built
- 2021
- Engines
- GE Honda HF120, 2,050 lbs thrust, turbo fanGE Honda HF120, 2,050 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Protocom Aviation, doing business as Jet It
- Registered owner
- Jupiter Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KDTS · Destin, FL
- Destination
- KBIV · Holland, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BIV · West Michigan Regional, runway 26, 6,002 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,552 total · 752 in this make and model
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 16 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.65 inHg
- Observed at
- KBIV
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.6 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.