# NTSB ERA24LA321: Beech 58, N5VV, Pisgah Forest, NC, July 12, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 12, 2024, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC) - Place: Pisgah Forest, NC · Off end of runway 9 - Coordinates: 35.270278, -82.644167 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2703&lon=-82.6442&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 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): 194755 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA321 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194755/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194755 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA321 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain proper altitude and airspeed on final approach, resulting in a runway excursion and substantial damage to the airplane. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: altitude](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 1,310 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062012/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1152740), [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 overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 58, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech 58, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was flying his airplane to his home airport following an annual inspection. Ground operations and the preflight inspection were routine, and the weather was “clear and calm.” During the takeoff roll and shortly after takeoff, he noticed that the engines were not running smoothly. Rather than continue over the mountains to his destination, he elected to return to the departure airport. As he set up for landing, he was anxious and “high and a little fast” on the approach. After touchdown, the airplane bounced and veered slightly left as he applied the brakes and retarded the throttles. The airplane departed the end of the runway, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed down in the grass. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that the propellers contacted the ground and the lower fuselage and right wing root were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further stated that he did not fly a stabilized final approach. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5VV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5VV-2024-11-05), registration cancelled 2024-11-05, S/N TH1334, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58 - Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TH1334 - Year built: 1982 - Airframe hours: 4400 - Engines: Continental IO-520-CB 280 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-520-CB 280 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 12, 2024, 0 hours before - Destination: AVL, Asheville, NC - Airport: 3NR3, Transylvania Community Airport, runway 9, 2,901 × 50 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Onboard weather, Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; private, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 5, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 2,805 total, 1,493 in this make and model, 2,602 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.19 inHg - Observed at: KAVL, 11 nm away - METAR: METAR KAVL 121454Z 35005KT 10SM CLR 27/17 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02720167 51006 ## 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 20240712009799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240712009799A), Jul 12, 2024: Beech 58, Pisgah Forest, NC, Substantial damage. On July 12, 2024, at approximately 1038 local time, a Beechcraft 58 sustained substantial damage when the pilot landed long and overshot the runway at the… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 27, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194755. 4.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17621116&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=1%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - NTSB memorandum of record - pilot interview (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17621011&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=2%20NTSB%20MOR%20Pilot%20Interview%20-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17621021&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=3%20Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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