- Date
- October 6, 1991, 22:50 local (Oct 7, 1991, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, ME
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 16 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N120FAFairchild SA-227AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911006044889A
- Case key
- 37084
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Probable cause
The copilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point. Factors were the captain's failure to follow company procedure and both pilot's limited experience.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The first oficer landed long with a tailwind on a wet runway. The airplane was unable to stop on the remaining runway, went off the departure end and down an embankment. The flight crew received two weather advisories prior to landing telling them of the winds. The captain and first officer both had less than 100 hours in model. The company operations manual required the captain to make all takeoffs and landings when he had less than 100 hours in model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N120FA
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA-227AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC-461-B
- Airframe hours
- 2,195
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-11U, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Northeast Express
- Registered owner
- Trans Air America Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 29, 1991 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AUG · Augusta State, runway 17, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,267 total · 47 in this make and model · 2,910 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUG, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.