# NTSB MIA00LA254: Beech D-45, N20685, Jacksonville, FL, August 26, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 2000, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Coordinates: 30.220298, -81.66983 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2203&lon=-81.6698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 6, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50096
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA254
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50096/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA254

## Probable cause

the pilot's improper landing flare which resulted the right wing dropping and impacting the runway.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20685-2013-07-03), registration cancelled 2013-07-03, S/N BG-303, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech D-45
- Registry model: [Beech D-45](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (registry code 1152012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BG-303
- Airframe hours: 9941
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000826005609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000826005609A), Aug 26, 2000: Beech D45, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing runway 9, pilot reported that at 80KTS he pulled power back and flared high and subsequently stalled causing the right wing tip to impact…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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