Beechcraft 58 N50NH

Summary

On 4 March 2015 at about 14:38 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N50NH, operated by Brick Street Mutual Insurance Company, was involved in an accident near Monroe, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 March 2015 at 14:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroe, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Charlotte-Monroe County (EQY)

Coordinates

35.0253, -80.6119

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N50NH

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

2

Operator

Brick Street Mutual Insurance Company

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charleston → Monroe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA15CA154

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath and failure to perform a go-around once a safe landing could not accomplished, which resulted in a landing area overshoot and runway excursion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot had initially intended to perform a GPS approach to runway 23, into the wind; however, the weather was below minimums for that approach and he then elected to perform an instrument landing system (ILS) approach in the opposite direction to runway 5. While about 100 feet above decision height for the ILS approach to runway 5, the pilot did not have the runway environment in sight and started to make the motions to go-around, but did not increase engine power. He then observed the runway centerline markings and due to excess speed and a tailwind, the airplane floated and landed long. When asked about the touchdown point location and speed at touchdown, the pilot estimated it was about 1,000 feet before the departure end of the 7,001-foot-long runway, at a speed of 85 knots. He applied the brakes, but the runway was wet and he did not feel deceleration. He left the flaps fully extended as the airplane traveled off the end of the runway, coming to rest upright in a grass area. The pilot added that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. The recorded weather at the airport, about the time of the accident, included an 11-knot tailwind. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed damage to the landing gear and lower fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.