- Date
- February 14, 1991, 20:43 local (Feb 15, 1991, 01:43 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85EQGulfstream G-1159
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910214002419A
- Case key
- 36879
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in flight decision to land on a snow covered runway. The lack of adequate braking action resulted in the pilot intentionally ground looping the airplane and overloading the main landing gear. Factors related to the accident were snow covered runway and a tailwind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had executed an ILS approach to runway 24R. The pilot of a Cessna 210 reported the runway braking action to be poor. The reported wind was from 350 degrees at 18 KTS. On touchdown, the pilot of N58EQ used reverse engine thrust and full braking but the airplane did not decelerate sufficiently. The pilot saw the end of the runway approaching and steered the airplane off the left side of the runway and intentionally groundlooped. The main landing gear collapsed due to overload forces.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85EQ
- Reported as
- Gulfstream G-1159
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 028
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce SPEY 511-8, 11,400 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Equitable Bank Corporation
- Registered owner
- Equitable Bank Corporation
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BKL · Burke Lakefront, runway 24, 6,189 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 16,000 total · 6,000 in this make and model · 13,500 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Variable at 18 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.