- Date
- October 16, 1999, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95CFBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991016040699A
- Case key
- 47594
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions. Factors include gusty, turbulent, variable crosswinds, and a fence in the vicinity of the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was landing in gusty, turbulent, variable winds. Just as the aircraft was touching down, it was hit by a strong crosswind, which caused it to veer to the left. While the pilot was making control inputs in order to keep the aircraft on the runway, it veered quickly back to the right, and then back to the left again. Upon veering to the left this second time, it departed the runway and impacted a nearby fence. The investigation revealed no evidence of control system malfunction or anomaly.
Factual narrative
On October 16, 1999, approximately 1045 mountain daylight time, a Beechcraft F33A, N95CF, impacted a fence after departing the runway during the landing roll at Fanning Field, Idaho Falls, Idaho. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured, but the aircraft, which was owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal pleasure flight, which departed Crosby, North Dakota, about 0830 central daylight time, was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation.
According to the pilot, who was landing in gusty, turbulent, variable winds, just as the aircraft was touching down, it was hit by a strong crosswind that caused it to veer to the left. While the pilot was attempting to correct for the sudden change in direction, the aircraft veered quickly back to the right and then back to the left again. During this second excursion to the left, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway and impacted a nearby fence. The investigation revealed no evidence of control system malfunction or anomaly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95CF
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1291
- Airframe hours
- 1,077
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary R. Hanisch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1999 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- D50 · Crosby, ND
- Destination
- IDA
- Airport
- IDA · Fanning Field, runway 2, 9,000 × 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,480 total · 280 in this make and model · 3,350 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KID, 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.