Rockwell 690B N700PQ

Summary

On 4 October 2014 at about 20:43 local time, a Rockwell 690B registered N700PQ, operated by United States Forest Service, was involved in an accident near Grass Valley, California, United States. 3 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 October 2014 at 20:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Grass Valley, California, United States

Nearest airport

Nevada County Air Park (GOO)

Coordinates

39.2242, -121.0031

Aircraft

Rockwell 690B

Registration

N700PQ

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

2

Operator

United States Forest Service

Operating rule

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grass Valley → Grass Valley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR15TA002

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s unstabilized approach and failure to go around and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport pilot reported that, after returning from a fire mission, the airplane floated over the runway and landed long (about 1,500 to 1,800 ft down the runway, which left a maximum of about 2,850 ft of runway remaining). He reduced the power setting to flight idle and then adjusted the thrust levers to (beta) reverse. As the landing roll continued, the pilot adjusted the levers for less reverse thrust. Aware that the ground speed was too fast to make the normal exit turnoff, he applied full reverse thrust again. The airplane then swerved left, departed the runway, impacted some boulders, and came to rest upright in a drainage area. A postaccident examination of the brake system and engines revealed no evidence of mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. If the pilot had initiated a go-around when he realized the airplane was going to land long, he would not have had to modulate the reverse thrust multiple times to make the turnoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.