- Date
- March 20, 2008, 01:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N124BKBeech F90
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 67782
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Probable cause
the pilot's misjudged distance and airspeed that led to a failure to attain the proper touchdown point and a runway overrun. Contributing factors were the snow and muddy conditions off the runway.
Findings · 6
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 said the airplane was high and fast as it crossed the runway numbers. After touchdown and application of reverse thrust, the pilot did not like the runway remaining, so he added power to abort the landing. It took the engines 1 to 2 seconds to spool up, and he decided that it would be better to roll off the end of the runway than to attempt a takeoff with so little runway left. He went back into reverse thrust. He did not apply full brakes, as he was concerned that the airplane might flip over. The airplane went off the end of the runway, and slid to a stop in snow and mud. The nose gear collapsed in the process, and the airframe sustained damage in the wheel well area.
Factual narrative
On March 20, 2008, about 0100 mountain daylight time, a Beech F90, N124BK, had the nose gear collapse during a landing overrun at Idaho Falls, Idaho. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The certificated private pilot and five passengers were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the airframe in the nose wheel well. The personal cross-country flight departed Salt Lake City, Utah, with a final destination of Idaho Falls. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed.
The pilot stated that he flew IFR from Salt Lake City to Idaho Falls. He cancelled IFR about 25 miles from Idaho Falls, and proceeded under visual conditions. He decided to land on runway 35.
The pilot stated that he was high and fast as he crossed the numbers. At touchdown and reverse thrust, he didn't like what he was experiencing, so he added power to abort the landing. It took the engines 1 to 2 seconds to spool up, and he decided that it would be better to roll off the end of the runway than to attempt a takeoff with so little runway left. He went back into reverse thrust. He did not apply full brakes, as he was concerned that the airplane might flip over. The airplane went off the end of the runway, and slid to a stop in snow and mud. The nose gear collapsed in the process.
The pilot shut the engines down, and verified that his passengers were not injured. They evacuated the airplane, and went to the hangar.
The pilot stated that he had planned for the late hour arrival by resting during the day. He was alert and in good health. The runway was clear and dry, with excellent braking conditions. The airplane had come out of a phase check recently, and there were no squawks; the engines ran great.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N124BK
- Reported as
- Beech F90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LA15
- Airframe hours
- 7,306
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-135, turbo propPratt & Whitney Canada PT6-135, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kreg Davis
- Registered owner
- MTB Investments
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 1, 2008
- Departed
- KSLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- KIDA · Idaho Falls, ID
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KIDA · Idaho Falls Regional, runway 35, 4,051 × 75 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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,539 total · 147 in this make and model · 1,357 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 200° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- KIDA
Other investigations on N124BK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.