# NTSB DFW08CA164: British Jet Provost T Mk.5A, N199ER, Bay City, TX, June 12, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 12, 2008, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC) - Place: Bay City, TX - Coordinates: 28.973333, -95.863609 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9733&lon=-95.8636&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 26, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Houston, Texas - NTSB case key (mKey): 68237 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08CA164 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68237/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=68237 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA164 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during final approach. Contributing to the accident was the downdraft. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: downdraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [British P84 JET PROVST MK.5A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035/cases.md?model=05626K6), [All aircraft, 178 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034035/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [British P84 JET PROVST MK.5A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=05626K6), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) (defining event); cases with it: [British P84 JET PROVST MK.5A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=05626K6), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md) - [Landing: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [British P84 JET PROVST MK.5A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=05626K6), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was performing a full-stop landing to runway 13 in a single-engine jet airplane. While on short final, at approximately 30 feet above ground level, the airplane experienced a sudden loss of lift. The pilot was unable to correct for the loss of lift prior to the airplane landing short of the runway in the grass. The airplane continued forward onto the runway and then departed the side of the runway before coming to rest in an upright position. The airplane sustained substantial thermal damaged during the post crash fire. A weather reporting station at the airport recorded winds at the time of the accident from 130 degrees at 13 knots gusting to 16 knots. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane. ## Factual narrative The commercial pilot was performing a full-stop landing to runway 13 in a single-engine jet airplane. While on short final, at approximately 30 feet above ground level, the airplane experienced a sudden loss of lift. The pilot was unable to correct for the loss of lift prior to the airplane landing short of the runway in the grass. The airplane continued forward onto the runway and then departed the side of the runway before coming to rest in an upright position. The commercial pilot and passenger were able to egress the airplane unassisted. The airplane sustained substantial thermal damaged during the post crash fire. A weather reporting station at the airport recorded winds at the time of the accident from 130 degrees at 13 knots gusting to 16 knots. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N199ER](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199ER-2013-11-07), registration cancelled 2013-11-07, S/N XW322, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: British Aircraft Corp. (BAC) Jet Provost T Mk.5A - Registry model: [British P84 JET PROVST MK.5A](https://openairdocs.org/model/british-p84-jet-provst-mk-5a) (registry code 05626K6) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: XW322 - Airframe hours: 4924 - Engines: Rolls-Royce Viper 202-01 2500 lbs thrust turbo jet - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: JP Flights LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2007 - Departed: KBYY, Bay City, TX - Airport: BYY, Bay City Muni, runway 13, 5,107 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 56; injuries: none; flight instructor, foreign, commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 2,086 total, 22 in this make and model, 1,800 as pilot in command, 92 in the last 90 days, 51 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 130° at 13 knots, gusting 16 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,300 ft overcast - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.90 inHg - Observed at: BYY ## 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 20080612843019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080612843019A), Jun 12, 2008: Bac JETPROVOST, Bay City, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The PIC was landing on runway 13 at Bay City Municipal Airport, Bay City, TX (kbyy). The aircraft landed approximately 50 feet short of the runway. The… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 5, 2008, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=68237. 10.1 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 675 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40298811&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Photo 1: Short touchdown point (item 2, .PDF, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40298812&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Short%20touchdown%20point-Master.PDF - Photo 2: Overall damage (item 3, .PDF, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40298813&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%3A%20Overall%20damage-Master.PDF - Photo 3: damage left wing tip tank (item 4, .PDF, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40298814&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203%3A%20damage%20left%20wing%20tip%20tank-Master.PDF - Photo 4: Approach end (item 5, .PDF, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40298815&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%204%3A%20Approach%20end-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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