# NTSB DFW08CA159: Beech E-18, N241X, Guymon, OK, June 1, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 1, 2008, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Guymon, OK - Coordinates: 36.685066, -101.50742 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6851&lon=-101.5074&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 68157 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08CA159 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68157/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA159 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll out. Contributing to the accident was the crosswind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: fence/fence post](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/cases.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 313 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022047/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech E18S-9700, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151008), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The private pilot used differential power to help land his twin engine, tailwheel-equipped airplane on a paved runway with a left crosswind. During the landing roll out, when the tailwheel touched down on the ground, the airplane turned into the wind and departed the runway to the left. It crossed over a ditch and struck a metal fence. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left engine mount. The left wing tip, left landing gear drag link, right vertical stabilizer and the rudder were also damaged. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had kept the tail in the air longer with more differential power carried into the landing roll out. He reported that the wind was from 100 degrees at 15 knots. ## Factual narrative The private pilot used differential power to help land his twin engine, tail wheel-equipped airplane on a paved runway with a left crosswind. During the landing roll out, when the tail wheel touched down on the ground, the airplane turned into the wind and departed the runway to the left. It crossed over a ditch and struck a metal fence. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left engine mount. The left wing tip, left landing gear drag link, right vertical stabilizer and the rudder were also damaged. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had kept the tail in the air longer with more differential power carried into the landing roll out. He reported the wind was from 100 degrees at 15 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N241X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N241X-2018-09-13), registration cancelled 2018-09-13, S/N BA455, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech E-18 - Registry model: [Beech E18S-9700](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s-9700) (registry code 1151008) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: BA455 - Engines: Pratt & Whitney R-985 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Bogie Brothers LLC (Charles Bogie) - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: PWA, Oklahoma City, OK - Destination: GUY, Guyon, KS - Airport: GUY, Guymon, runway 18 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,100 total, 65 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20080601834219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080601834219A), Jun 1, 2008: Beech E18S9700, Guymon, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot attempting to land on runway 18 and loss control due to wind gust (15-KTS gusing to 22-KTS direction 1-0-0) and departed the runway surface to the… 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. 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