- Date
- October 5, 1990, 03:45 local (08:45 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N703MBeech E-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901005047269A
- Case key
- 14936
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll.
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
During landing rollout on runaway 29R at Minneapolis-st. paul international airport, the aircraft swerved to the right, performed a ground loop, and departed the right side of the runway after the tailwheel touched down. Both main landing gear collapsed when the aircraft departed the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N703M
- Reported as
- Beech E-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BA-219
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN-14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Viking Express, Inc, doing business as Viking Express
- Departed
- DPA · W. Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSP · Minneapolis International, runway 29R, 8,202 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 120 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N703M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.