- Date
- July 26, 2010, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Philadelphia, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6035EBeech K35
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100726039729A
- Case key
- 76763
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Probable cause
A throttle control malfunction during landing for undetermined reasons, resulting in a runway overrun.
Findings · 2
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 pilot reported that the airplane touched down on the first third of the 4,000-foot-long asphalt runway. After touchdown he was unable to move the throttle control forward or back. He applied brake pressure; however, the airplane departed the end of the runway and struck a moving vehicle before stopping upright on a road. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine, which included the throttle control, did not reveal evidence of mechanical malfunctions. There were no known witnesses to the landing and the airplane's touchdown point on the runway could not be determined. The reason for the throttle malfunction could not be determined.
Factual narrative
On July 26, 2010, about 1320 central daylight time, a Beech K35, N6035E, registered to a private individual, was substantially damaged while landing at Barrett Field (MS96), Philadelphia, Mississippi. The commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight originated from the Monroe County Airport, Aberdeen, Mississippi. According to information provided by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the pilot reported that the airplane was landing on runway 6, a 4,000-foot-long, by 70-foot-wide, asphalt runway, when he experienced a stuck throttle. The airplane touched down on the first one-third of the runway and the pilot was unable to move the throttle control forward or back. He applied brake pressure; however, the airplane departed the end of the runway, and struck a moving vehicle before stopping upright on a road. Both wings, the fuselage, and nose gear were substantially damaged. Examination of the airframe and engine by an FAA inspector who responded to the accident site did not reveal evidence of mechanical malfunctions. The throttle was observed in the aft position, and could be moved freely. There were no known witnesses to the landing and the airplane's touchdown point on the runway could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6035E
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5997
- Airframe hours
- 3,516
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-470C, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jon P. Grubs
- Registered owner
- Chucks Aircraft Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 2010 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- M40 · Monroe, MS
- Destination
- MS96 · Philadelphia, MS
- Airport
- MS96 · Barrett Field, runway 06, 4,000 × 70 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
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 7, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,352 total · 51 in this make and model · 8,136 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- NMM, 30 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 15, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.6 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.
Other investigations on N6035E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.