Beechcraft 65-B80 N110BA

Summary

On 11 January 2013 at about 14:30 local time, a Beechcraft 65-B80 registered N110BA, operated by Bemidji Aviation Services Inc, was involved in an accident near Alexandria, Minnesota, United States. One person was 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

11 January 2013 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Alexandria, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Alexindria Municipal Airport (AXN)

Coordinates

45.8625, -95.4000

Aircraft

Beechcraft 65-B80

Registration

N110BA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Bemidji Aviation Services Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Alexandria

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13CA129

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to stop the airplane on the downsloping, ice-contaminated runway after landing with a tailwind. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to account for the wind conditions and failure to obtain runway conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

About 35 miles southeast of the destination airport, the pilot obtained the local weather information and requested the instrument landing system approach (ILS) to runway 31. Upon descending to the decision height, the pilot saw the runway end identifier lights and continued the approach. The pilot then saw the visual approach slope indicator lights and the runway lights and decided to land. The airplane touched down about 1,000 feet down the 5,100-foot-long runway. The pilot reported that when the tires came in contact with the runway, the brakes alternately skidded then "grabbed" the runway surface. The pilot decided not to go around and to remain on the runway and attempt to stop the airplane. The airplane traveled into the snow-covered terrain off the departure end of the runway where it contacted an ILS antenna pylon, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing spar. The pilot reported that the downsloping runway was ice covered and that he landed with an approximate 8-knot tailwind. He reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. He also stated he had no prior knowledge of what the braking action on the runway would be.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.