- Date
- May 8, 1990, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N113EWBeech B-55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900508015409A
- Case key
- 17928
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Probable cause
Executing of a simulated single engine approach in wind conditions that exceeded the demonstrated crosswind capability of the airplane with both engines operating.
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 purpose of the flight was multiengine instruction. The student was executing a simulated rt. Engine out ILS approach to runway 26. The wind was reported to be form 360 degrees at 19 KTS. With gusts to 24 KTS. The student and instructor attempted to correct for the right crosswind with full left aileron and rudder deflection. The airplane continued to drift off centerline as it crossed the middle marker. A go-around was attempted with full power (both engines) but the airspeed decayed and the pilots could not maintain directional or altitude control. The pilot operating handbook for the Beech 55 states the demonstrated crosswind limitation with both engines operating is 22 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N113EW
- Reported as
- Beech B-55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC1099
- Airframe hours
- 3,076
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E7B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Coy Correll/John Whelan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 7, 1990 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- FTG
- Destination
- FTG
- Airport
- FTG · Pront Range Airport, runway 26, 8,000 × 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
- 56
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,400 total · 500 in this make and model · 7,650 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 19 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.