# NTSB CEN23LA286: Honda HA-420, N704JT, Holland, MI, October 12, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: October 12, 2022, 12:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Holland, MI
- Coordinates: 42.742778, -86.107833
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7428&lon=-86.1078&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192566
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA286
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192566/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192566
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA286

## 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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Aircraft capability: maximum crosswind component](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061015): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01061015/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/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: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 42000218
- Year built: 2021
- Engines: GE Honda HF120 2050 lbs thrust turbo fan; GE Honda HF120 2050 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

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; 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
- Co-pilot; age 60; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20221012021629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221012021629A), Oct 12, 2022: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420, Holland, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot mismanaged controls during a crosswind landing at kbiv. The aircraft landed left of the runway centerline and subsequently veered off of the left side of…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=192566. 1.6 MB in all.

- Pilots statements (item 1, PDF, 3 pages, 152 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15946213&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilots%20Statements_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 1.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16012130&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos%202-Rel.pdf
- Wind components (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 228 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16137267&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Winds%20Components-Rel.pdf
- Honda HA420 AFM excerpt (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 95 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16003481&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=HA420%20AFM%20Elite%201%20without%20SB%20Crosswind%20Limitation-Rel.pdf
- Record of conversation FAA (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 70 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16012608&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20FAA-Rel.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.

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