ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209944
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| Date: | Thursday 26 April 2018 |
| Time: | 17:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 402B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N87266 |
| MSN: | 402B1097 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9193 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-520 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tanner-Hiller Airport (8B5), New Braintree, MA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Barre Plains, MA (8B5) |
| Barre Plains, MA (8B5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a local, personal flight. The pilot reported that he checked the weather conditions at three local airports before the flight but stated that he did not trust the wind reports. He added that he did not get a preflight weather briefing. Once at the destination airport, he conducted two go-arounds due to gusting wind conditions. During the third attempted landing, he made a steep approach at a normal approach speed and flared the airplane about midway down the 3,000-ft-long runway. The airplane floated down the runway for much longer than the pilot expected before touching down. Despite applying maximum braking, there was insufficient remaining runway to stop, and the airplane skidded off the runway, impacted trees, and subsequently caught fire, which resulted in substantial damage to the airframe.
The wind conditions reported at an airport located about 13 miles away included a tailwind of 16 knots, gusting to 27 knots. Given the tailwind conditions reported at this airport and the pilot’s description of the approach and landing, it is likely that the pilot conducted the approach to the runway in a tailwind that significantly increased the airplane’s groundspeed, which resulted in a touchdown with insufficient runway remaining to stop the airplane, even with maximum braking.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper decision to land with a tailwind, which resulted in a touchdown with insufficient runway remaining to stop the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=87266
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Images:
Photo: FAA
Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Apr-2018 23:29 | Geno | Added |
| 27-Apr-2018 07:00 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2018 07:46 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 27-Apr-2018 07:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 27-Apr-2018 14:35 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Embed code] |
| 27-Apr-2018 21:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2018 09:35 | across6786 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2019 17:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 11-Nov-2019 18:29 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
| 11-Nov-2019 18:29 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Photo] |
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