St. Paul Downtown Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

St Paul, Minnesota 55107
Sunday, June 16, 2013 1:30 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot reported that, after touching down, he realized that the airplane had landed long, so he chose to reject the landing. He then heard a “thump” during the initial climb, so he returned to the airport and landed the airplane. A postaccident examination revealed that the right side of the lower fuselage and cockpit floor had been damaged beneath the copilot/right-front passenger seat. Damage was also observed to an airport sign off the runway’s right side. The pilot reported no preaccident failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that no flight control issues occurred during the go-around after the impact with the airport sign.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a rejected landing, which resulted in a collision with an airport sign off the right side of the runway during the transition to the initial climb.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/16/2013
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 130
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City St Paul
Event State MINNESOTA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 55107
Event Date Year 2013
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 445605N
Event Location Longitude 0930337W
Event Location Airport St. Paul Downtown
Event Location Nearest Airport ID STP
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 180
Airport Elevation 705
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 153 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID STP
Elevation of weather observation facility 705
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Night
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Indefinite (V V)
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 15
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.88
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 33154
NTSB Notification Source FAA -- MSP FSDO (Nelson)
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 25 2014 11:32PM
User who most recently changed record sort
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N5958P
NTSB Number CEN13LA579
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 BEECH
Aircraft Model 58P
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number TJ-208
Certified Max Gross Weight 6199
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats 6
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 2
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 1 2012 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 4154
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Jerone Kennedy
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Woodbury
Aircraft Owner State MN
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 55125
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name Jerone Kennedy
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Woodbury
Operator State MN
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 55125
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) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code DLH
Departure City Duluth
Departure State MN
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 15
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code STP
Destination City St Paul
Destination State MN
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 25 2014 11:33PM
User who most recently changed record sort
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 14
Runway Length 6491
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --