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NTSB accident investigation · Raytheon 58 · Griffin, GA · September 7, 2024

Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal report
Date
September 7, 2024, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
Place
Griffin, GA
Injuries
1 minor
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N5096RRaytheon 58
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
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
FAA report
20240907021959A
Case key
195078

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to conduct a timely aborted landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.

Findings · 1

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 of the multiengine airplane was attempting to land on a 3,000-ft-long by 40-ft-wide, asphalt runway. He performed a go-around during his first approach as the airplane was too high. During the second approach, the airplane floated in ground effect and touched down long. The pilot realized the long landing too late to abort the landing, and applied heavy braking; however, the airplane departed the end of the runway and came to rest upright in a grass area. The airplane’s left wing and forward fuselage were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Aircraft

Registration
N5096R
Reported as
Raytheon 58
Category
Airplane
Serial number
TH-1996
Built
2001
Airframe hours
1,346
Engines
Cont Motor IO-550C, 300 horsepower, reciprocatingCont Motor IO-550C, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · September 20, 2023 · 48 hours before
Departed
MLB · Melbourne, FL
Destination
Same as departure
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
GA62 · Cedar Ridge Airport, runway 18, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
Equipment
Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system

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
69
Injuries
Minor
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
Last flight review
February 13, 2024
Seat
Left
Restraint
3-point
Toxicology
Performed
Flight hours
2,568 total · 779 in this make and model · 2,420 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
Calm
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
77 °F, dew point 63 °F
Altimeter
29.95 inHg
Observed at
6A2, 6 nm away
METAR
K6A2 071535Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A2995 RMK AO2

Docket · 2

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 8, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 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.