Knox County Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Rockland, Maine 04841
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 21:00 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to the pilot, as the airplane touched down, the left main landing gear tire "blew." The airplane veered left, and the pilot lifted it back off the ground. The airplane then banked to the right, experienced an "ugly flare," and lost airspeed before impacting the ground "hard" on the right main landing gear, causing substantial damage. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane, nor did a postaccident examination of the airframe, to include the left tire, reveal any.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/14/2005
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 2100
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Rockland
Event State MAINE
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 04841
Event Date Year 2005
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 440336N
Event Location Longitude 0690557W
Event Location Airport Knox County Regional Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID RKD
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 56
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 2055 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID RKD
Elevation of weather observation facility 56
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height 100
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Overcast
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0.25
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 14
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 80
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.02
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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 21092
NTSB Notification Source Raytheon
NTSB Notification Date Sep 15 2005 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 26 2007 9:33AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office PWM FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N701DF
NTSB Number NYC05LA142
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Raytheon
Aircraft Model BE-390
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number RB-59
Certified Max Gross Weight 12500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 8
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Dec 1 2004 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 190
Airframe Hours 375
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name JIK Mission Lakes LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Miami Lakes
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 33016
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name J.I. Kislak Inc.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Miami Lakes
Operator State FL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 33016
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) Business
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code ACY
Departure City Atlantic City
Departure State NJ
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1830
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code RKD
Destination City Rockland
Destination State ME
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 16 2007 5:22PM
User who most recently changed record MUZD
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 13
Runway Length 5007
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --