- Date
- June 10, 2001, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N114YKYakovlev 52
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-21
- FAA report
- 20010610028699A
- Case key
- 53381
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in an overrun.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was landing on a 1,300 foot-long, 150 foot-wide, turf runway. The airplane touched down approximately 650 feet beyond the approach end of the runway. The pilot applied brakes; however, the airplane began to skid down runway. It then departed the end of the runway, traveled over an embankment, and came to rest on railroad tracks. Examination of the airplane, which included the brake system did not reveal any pre-accident mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
On June 10, 2001, about 1320 eastern daylight time, a Yakovlev 52, N114YK, was substantially damaged while landing at the Shannon Airport, (EZF), Fredericksburg, Virginia. The certificated commercial pilot and a pilot rated passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight that departed Warrenton, Virginia. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane was landing on runway 33, a 1,300 foot-long, 150 foot-wide, turf runway.
In a written statement, the pilot said the airplane touched down on the first quarter of the runway, "approximately between the first and second hanger perpendicular to the runway." He further stated, " I applied brakes, but was not getting any braking action. As I applied more brakes, the aircraft began to just skid down the grass runway. At this point I was thinking of going-around, but with full flaps down and tress on the opposite end of the runway, I elected to continue to try to stop...."
The airplane departed the end of the runway, traveled over an embankment, and came to rest on railroad tracks.
Examination of the airplane, which included the brake system, by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, did not reveal any pre-accident mechanical malfunctions.
According to the airport manager, the distance between the first and second hangar, where the pilot indicated the airplane had touched down, was approximately 650 feet beyond the approach end of the runway.
The pilot reported he had accumulated about 3,000 hours of total flight experience. He had recently purchased the accident airplane and had accumulated about 16 hours of total flight experience in make and model.
The winds reported at EZF, about the time of the accident were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N114YK
- Reported as
- Yakovlev 52
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A33909
- Airframe hours
- 1,152
- Engine
- Aero Engines MP14-PXDK, 360 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel T. Corrigan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 2001 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- W66 · Warrenton, VA
- Destination
- EZF · Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport
- EZF · Shannon, runway 33, 1,300 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 17, 2001
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,963 total · 16 in this make and model · 2,712 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- EZF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.