Airlake Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450
Wednesday, July 24, 2002 8:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane impacted a series of four foot high approach lights located at the approach end of the runway. The runway contained markings delineating a displaced threshold as well as being listed as having a displaced threshold in the Airport Facility Directory. The manager of the airport stated that another airplane hit the same series of lights approximately one week before the accident.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The proper glide path not obtained/maintained by the pilot. The approach lights were a contributing factor.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/24/2002
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 800
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Minneapolis
Event State MINNESOTA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 55450
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Airlake Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LVN
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 960
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 758 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID LVN
Elevation of weather observation facility 960
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 11000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 17
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 15
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.21
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 12399
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 24 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1108
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Nov 4 2002 9:07AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Minneapolis -FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6162G
NTSB Number CHI02LA209
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Beech
Aircraft Model S35
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number D7574
Certified Max Gross Weight 3500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 26 2002 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 50
Airframe Hours 4425
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Lynch Aviation
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1624 Orchard Road
Aircraft Owner City Fort Dodge
Aircraft Owner State IA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 50501
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Michael W. Lynch
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1624 Orchard Rd.
Operator City Fort Dodge
Operator State IA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 50501
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code FOD
Departure City Fort Dodge
Departure State IA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 715
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code LVN
Destination City Minneapolis
Destination State MN
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Sep 23 2002 9:29AM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 30
Runway Length 4098
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --