# NTSB ERA20CA283: Beech 36, N312LC, Murray, KY, August 6, 2020 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 6, 2020, 08:15 local (13:15 UTC) - Place: Murray, KY - Coordinates: 36.664443, -88.372779 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6644&lon=-88.3728&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 101781 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20CA283 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101781/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101781 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA283 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the simulated power off landing, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, which resulted in a loss of control and the airplane’s left wing striking the ground. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7150001), [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-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor and private pilot were practicing a steep spiral that would terminate with a power-off landing. The instructor stated that the pilot had added "quite a bit" of elevator nose-up trim to maintain best glide speed during the spiral maneuver. Right before touchdown, the pilot sensed the airplane had a normal than higher descent rate and increased engine power. When power was added, the airplane’s nose pitched up and the airplane rolled “violently” to the left. The airplane’s left wing struck the runway, substantially damaging it. The flight instructor then assumed control of the airplane and reduced the engine power to idle as it departed the left side of the runway. The pilot subsequently taxied the airplane to the ramp uneventfully. Both pilots reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N312LC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N312LC), registered now, S/N E-3560 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 36 (A36) - Registry model: [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (registry code 7150001) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: E-3560 - Year built: 2004 - Airframe hours: 968 - Engines: Continental IO-550-B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 11, 2019 - Departed: CEY, Murray, KY - Destination: CEY, Murray, KY - Airport: CEY, Kyle-Oakley Field, runway 23, 6,202 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Auto-pilot, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 64; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 1, 2019; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,337 total, 29.1 in this make and model, 3,234 as pilot in command, 42.2 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1.1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot; age 32; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 22, 2020; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 488 total, 250 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: CEY ## 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 20200806009459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200806009459A), Aug 6, 2020: Raytheon Aircraft Company A36, Murray, KY, Substantial damage. While on a training flight practicing commercial maneuvers, the commercial rated certificated flight instructor and the private pilot rated student had a hard… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 15, 2021, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=101781. 20.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 19.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10094751&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Written statement - CFI (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10094193&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Written%20Statement%20-%20CFI_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Written statement - private pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 87 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10094554&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Written%20Statement%20-%20Private%20Pilot-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 4, PDF, 3 pages, 3 photos, 775 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=10094426&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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