- Date
- May 24, 2008, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4605MBeech A36
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20080524837019A
- Case key
- 69025
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main landing gear tire for undetermined reasons.
Findings · 1
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 flight touched down with a "squeak" on landing, and after about 50 feet of ground roll the left tire blew. The aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and struck the concrete base of a runway light, which was about 3-4 inches above the ground, resulting in the left wing rear spar fracture. The left tire was found flat after the accident and did not exhibit excessive wear or a "bullseye" type failure typical of a locked wheel.
Factual narrative
On May 24, 2008, approximately 1400 eastern daylight time, a Beechcraft A-36, operated by a commercial rated pilot, was substantially damaged when the airplane departed the left side of the runway after landing at Chesapeake Airport (KCPK), Norfolk, Virginia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and the flight was was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and three passengers were not injured during the accident. The local flight originated from Springfield, Tennessee, at 1100 central daylight time. The reported weather at the time of the accident was sky clear, visibility 10 miles, winds from 040 degrees at 7 knots, and altimeter of 29.97 inches of mercury. The flight had touched down and after about 50 feet of ground roll the left tire blew. The aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and hit a runway light and the concrete base, which was about 3-4 inches above the ground. The left wing rear spar was broken in half. The left tire was found flat after the accident and did not exhibit excessive wear or any "bullseye" type failure typical of a locked wheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4605M
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1246
- Airframe hours
- 8,063
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 2007
- Departed
- M91 · Springfield, TN
- Destination
- KCPK · Chesapeake, VA
- Airport
- KCPK · Chesapeake Regional Airport, runway 05, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2008
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,850 total · 237 in this make and model · 10,348 as pilot in command · 112 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- KCPK
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 9, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.1 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.