- Date
- August 29, 2004, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeville, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5180VBeech BE-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040829019369A
- Case key
- 60058
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate flare, the improper recovery from a bounced landing, the loss of directional control, and inadequate compensation for the crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 12. The pilot reported that the crosswinds on final approach to runway 12 were "quite strong" and he needed to crab into the wind to maintain runway alignment. He reported that during touchdown he was too fast for a 3 point landing and bounced about 3-4 feet in the air after touchdown. He reported that the "wind got under the right wing" and the airplane went off the left side of the runway. The airplane "ground looped" with the left wing hitting the ground. The airplane hit light boxes and continued in a left turn. The right landing gear separated from the airplane, and then the airplane hit a 3-4 foot ditch before coming to a stop. The recorded winds at LVN at 1415 were 150 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 14 knots.
Factual narrative
On August 29, 2004, at 1415 central daylight time, a Beech BE-18, N5180V, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 12 (4,098 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at the Airlake Airport (LVN), Lakeville, Minnesota. The commercial pilot and two passengers were not injured, and one passenger received minor injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight departed a private airstrip near Spooner, Wisconsin, at 1330, with LVN as the destination. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that the crosswinds on final approach to runway 12 were "quite strong" and he needed to crab into the wind to maintain runway alignment. He reported that during touchdown he was too fast for a 3 point landing and bounced about 3-4 feet in the air after touchdown. He reported that the "wind got under the right wing" and the airplane went off the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that the airplane "ground looped" with the left wing hitting the ground. The airplane hit light boxes and continued in a left turn. The right landing gear separated from the airplane, and then the airplane hit a 3-4 foot ditch before coming to a stop.
The recorded winds at LVN at 1415 were 150 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 14 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5180V
- Reported as
- Beech BE-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51-11689A
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R985-AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fast Company LLC
- Registered owner
- Fast Company LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Spooner, WI
- Destination
- LVN · Lakeville, MN
- Airport
- LVN · Airlake Airport, runway 12
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 4,303 total · 286 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Observed at
- LVN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.