Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 550 near Sarasota, FL — 2015-09-27

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Date
2015-09-27
Location
Sarasota, FL, USA
Airport
SRQ
Aircraft
CESSNA 550
Registration
N622PG
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
Minor
Fatalities
0
Phase of flight
Landing

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point and to adequately slow the airplane within the available runway, which resulted in a runway overrun.

NTSB narrative

The airline transport pilot was landing at the destination airport at the conclusion of a personal flight. Although the pilot reported that the airplane touched down near the threshold of the runway and that he used speed brakes, brakes, and thrust reversers to slow the airplane, review of a surveillance video revealed that the airplane touched down about 1,700 ft past the runway threshold of the 5,000-ft-long runway and that the thrust reversers were not deployed during the recorded portion of the landing roll. The airplane's tires left over 1,300 ft of skid marks before it overran the departure end of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage. While the pilot stated that the brakes had malfunctioned during the landing, examination and postaccident testing of the brakes revealed no evidence of any mechanical anomalies. Based on the available evidence, it is likely that the pilot landed the airplane well beyond the runway threshold and did not apply adequate braking effort until insufficient runway remained to stop the airplane on the paved surface.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Human factors
First missed decision gate
Pilot could have exited at taxiway A instead of D to avoid runway excursion.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

  • Video
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  • 7 docket documents
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Docket documents7

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