- Date
- October 5, 2005, 23:15 local (Oct 6, 2005, 04:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4UTBeech 58
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051005024549A
- Case key
- 62618
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of the normal brakes during the landing roll and his delay in performing a go-around resulting in an emergency descent/landing on grass past the departure end of the runway and subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he executed an ILS approach to runway 32 at about 120 knots, and touched down on the first quarter of the runway at about 100 knots. During landing, he noticed that the runway was wet, so he avoided using heavy wheel braking and, "primarily used aerodynamic braking." He further stated that past the midfield point, "the airplane still had a lot more momentum to bleed off", so he could either press firmly on the wheel brakes possibly causing him to hydroplane, or attempt a go-around. With one quarter of the runway left, he performed a go-around, climbed to approximately 50 feet, and noticed that the airplane was not climbing. He aborted the go-around and landed on grass past the departure end of the runway. While on the grass, the airplane veered sideways causing the left main gear to collapse. He also reported there was "no malfunctioning of the brakes", and "no malfunction of the airplane during the go around."
Factual narrative
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Aircraft
- Registration
- N4UT
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-473
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ram Air Freight Inc
- Registered owner
- Bellefonte, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KPFN · Panama City, FL
- Destination
- KCRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KCRG · Craig Municipal Airport, runway 32, 3,998 × ft
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
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 1,617 total · 150 in this make and model · 312 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.