- Date
- April 13, 2006, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1826ABeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060413004429A
- Case key
- 63551
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Probable cause
A flat tire which occurred for undetermined reasons that resulted an inadvertent loss of control during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he made a normal landing with a left to right crosswind, and the airplane started to turn to the right. He said he applied left aileron, and he was activating the left brake, while also applying left rudder input. He said that none of his corrections seemed to have any effect, and he applied full braking action before exiting the runway. The airplane continued to turn and slide to the right, and it stopped facing the other direction, with the left main landing gear and wing in a ditch. According to the pilot, the right main landing gear tire was flat, and the airplane incurred damage to the left wing, empennage, and left landing gear area. Postcrash examination of the airplane and runway by an FAA inspector, showed that damage to the wheel rim and marks on the runway were consistent with the tire being low or flat during the landing roll.
Factual narrative
On April 13, 2006, about 1755 central daylight time, a Beech C24R, N1826A, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, veered off the runway during landing in Panama City, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. The private-rated pilot and three passengers were not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Macon, Georgia, the same day, about 1720.
The pilot stated that he made a normal landing with a left to right crosswind, and the airplane started to turn to the right. He said he applied left aileron, and he was activating the left brake, while also applying left rudder input. He said that none of his corrections seemed to have any effect, and he applied full braking action before exiting the runway. The airplane continued to turn and slide to the right, and it stopped facing the other direction, with the left main landing gear and wing in a ditch. According to the pilot, the right main landing gear tire was flat, and the airplane incurred damage to the left wing, empennage, and left landing gear area.
Postcrash examination of the airplane and runway by an FAA inspector, showed that damage to the wheel rim and marks on the runway were consistent with the right main tire being low or flat during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1826A
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-761
- Airframe hours
- 6,940
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360A186, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stan D. Greene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2006 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MCN · Macon, GA
- Destination
- PFN · Panama City, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PFN · Panama City-Bay Co Intl, runway 32, 6,408 × 150 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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 606 total · 289 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.