New Century Aircenter Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

New Century, Kansas 66031
Sunday, October 14, 2007 23:50 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane had just completed a corporate/executive flight and was being repositioned to its base. The captain, who was flying the airplane, said he saw the runway lights through light rain when they were 10 miles away from the airport. He intercepted and flew the visual approach slope indicator and landed on runway 18. The rain increased in intensity, and the airplane touched down approximately the 1,000-foot mark. The wind was from the southeast and gusting. As the captain selected reverse thrust, the wind shifted from the west. Directional control was lost and the airplane hydroplaned off the left side of the runway, striking a concrete pad and runway light. The nose landing gear was sheared off and the pressure vessel was compromised.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors in this accident were the sudden wind shift, from calm to a gusty crosswind, the runway light, and the concrete pad.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/14/2007
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 2350
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City New Century
Event State KANSAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 66031
Event Date Year 2007
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 384951N
Event Location Longitude 0945325W
Event Location Airport New Century Aircenter
Event Location Nearest Airport ID IXD
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 1087
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 53 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID IXD
Elevation of weather observation facility 1087
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height 1600
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) 5
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 150
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.84
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) 23306
NTSB Notification Source Greg Shepterly, MKC FSDO
NTSB Notification Date Oct 15 2007 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Mar 31 2008 11:52AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\johb
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Kansas City, Kansas

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N65BT
NTSB Number DEN08LA011
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name North American
Aircraft Model NA-265-65
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 03
Certified Max Gross Weight 18500
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 9
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Continuous Airworthiness
Date of Last Inspection Sep 1 2007 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Sabre 65 LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 410 W. 8th St.
Aircraft Owner City Kansas City
Aircraft Owner State KS
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 64805
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
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) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code MKC
Departure City Kansas City
Departure State KS
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 2320
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code IXD
Destination City New Century
Destination State KS
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 19 2008 10:32AM
User who most recently changed record BOWL
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 17
Runway Length 7339
Runway Width 190
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --