- Date
- August 19, 2017, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Loman, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N136BJBeech A36
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 95849
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate compensation for a tailwind, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Findings · 4
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
According to the pilot, as he approached the airport, he requested a wind and weather PIREP. An unknown person replied on the CTAF to expect winds out of the west. With the intent of landing on runway 2, the pilot overflew the airfield and observed a light crosswind from the west. He landed the high-performance airplane on a 2,580-ft-long turf surface. The pilot recalled a shift in wind direction during landing. The airspeed as he crossed the runway threshold was about 90 knots, and the airspeed "increased dramatically" during the landing flare and touchdown. The pilot applied the brakes; however, the airplane overran the departure end of the runway and collided with a tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts and the fuselage. According to the pilot, witnesses to the accident recalled that the airplane landed in variable wind conditions and touched down with a 20- to 30-knot tailwind. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, as he approached the airport, he requested a wind and weather PIREP. An unknown person replied on the CTAF, to expect winds out of the west. With the intent of landing on runway 2, the pilot overflew the airfield and observed a light crosswind from the west. He landed the high-performance airplane on 2,580 ft. turf surface. The pilot recalled a shift in wind direction during landing. The airspeed as he crossed the runway threshold was about 90 knots, and the airspeed, "increased dramatically" during the landing flare and touch down. The pilot applied the brakes, however, the airplane overran the departure end of the runway and collided with a tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts and the fuselage. According to the pilot, witnesses to the accident recalled that the airplane landed in variable wind conditions and touched down with a 20-30 knot tailwind. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N136BJ
- Reported as
- Beech A36 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1077
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 4,090.8
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Comtemporary Communication Systems Inc
- Registered owner
- Comtemporary Communication Systems Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 2017
- Departed
- 043 · Yerington, NV
- Destination
- 0U1 · Loman, ID
- Airport
- 0U1 · Warm Springs Creek, runway 02, 2,850 × 135 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 13, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 213.6 total · 48.7 in this make and model · 107.1 as pilot in command · 28.2 in the last 90 days · 8.8 in the last 30 days · 5.6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots, gusting 14
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.15 inHg
- Observed at
- KSNT, 17 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 MB in all.