- Date
- August 26, 2000, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20685Beech D-45
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000826005609A
- Case key
- 50096
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper landing flare which resulted the right wing dropping and impacting the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said that during the landing he flared the airplane too high and the right wing dropped and impacted the runway before the landing gear, damaging a 4-foot outboard section of the right wing.
Factual narrative
On August 26, 2000, about 1240 eastern daylight time, a Beech D-45, N20685, registered to the United States Navy, and operated by Jax Navy Flying Club, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, struck a wing while landing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft incurred substantial damage, and the private-rated pilot, and one passenger sustained no injuries. The flight originated from Bunnell, Florida, the same day, about 1140.
The pilot stated that as he was landing the aircraft he flared it too high, and the right wing dropped and impacted the runway before the landing gear. He further stated that as a result of the impact, a 4-foot outboard section of the right wing had buckled. In addition, the pilot said that prior to the accident, there had been no mechanical malfunctions or failures to the aircraft or any of its systems. The pilot said that he was wearing prescription sunglasses with bifocals at the time of the accident, and he felt that they affected his depth perception.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20685
- Reported as
- Beech D-45
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BG-303
- Airframe hours
- 9,941
- Engine
- Continental O-470-4, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jax Navy Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 16, 2000 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- X47 · Bunnell, FL
- Destination
- NIP
- Airport
- NIP · Jacksonville Nas, runway 9, 8,000 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 673 total · 16 in this make and model · 647 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NIP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.