Beech 400 accident near Richmond, Indiana, February 11, 2019
On February 11, 2019 at about 3:07 pm local time, a 1999 Beech 400, registered N750TA, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (landing roll) near Richmond, Indiana (Richmond Muni airport). It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The flight crew's decision to continue an unstable approach under conditions that exceeded the airplane's landing performance capabilities, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with terrain.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 11, 2019 · about 3:07 pm local time
- Place
- Richmond, Indiana · Richmond Muni · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Beech 400 A, built 1999 · all 400s on the register
- Registration
- N750TA · no longer on the register · serial RK-226
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The flight crew was approaching the destination airport on an instrument flight rules cross-country flight in instrument meteorological conditions. The captain stated that, after visually acquiring the runway environment during the approach, he saw that the runway "had a very light coating of snow," but he chose to continue the approach and apply full thrust reversers and braking after touchdown. The cockpit voice recorder revealed that the first officer advised the captain that the airplane was high while on final approach. The airplane crossed the runway threshold at 150 knots, touched down about 3,100 ft along the 5,502-ft-long runway at 125 knots, continued down the remaining runway, through an antenna array, and across a road before coming to rest about 750 ft beyond the paved surface. The airplane's landing approach reference speed (Vref) was between 110 and 114 knots. On a dry runway with calm wind conditions, the airplane required between about 3,200 ft and 3,500 ft runway stopping distance after touchdown; on a runway contaminated with wet or compacted snow, this distance increased to 5,300 ft. Although the captain reported that the engines shut down without his input following the accident, images from the accident site showed that the nose landing gear collapsed, deforming the surrounding structure, which included the area of the throttle quadrant. It is likely that the collapsed structure impacted the throttle quadrant and resulted in the engine shutdown. The captain reported that there were no other mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane. The captain and first officer conducted a preflight inspection of the airplane and checked the weather several times on the morning of the flight. The captain reported that the weather conditions were improving, and he did not recall seeing any new NOTAMs regarding runway conditions. The pilots' decision to continue the unstable approach and landing to the snow-covered runway despite that the distance available was inadequate resulted in the runway overrun; however, given the airplane's excessive approach speed and touchdown point over halfway down the runway, it is likely that the crew would have been unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway even if it had been uncontaminated.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Runway excursion during landing (landing roll) defining event
The NTSB's findings
- cause Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › (general) › Flight crew
- cause Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › (general) › Capability exceeded
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind › Tailwind › Effect on operation
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface › Snow/slush/ice covered surface › Effect on operation
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 11,915 hours in all; 718 in this make and model; 89 in the last 90 days; 38 in the last 30 days; 8,024 as pilot in command; 1,073 on instruments
- Last flight review: June 18, 2018
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (waiver time limited special)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, military
- Ratings: multi-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 4,082 hours in all; 181 in this make and model; 11 in the last 90 days; 4 in the last 30 days; 3,980 as pilot in command; 1,697 on instruments
- Last flight review: March 19, 2018
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (without waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,244.5 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, April 25, 2014
- Maximum gross weight: 16,300 lb
- Seats: 9
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: P & W Canada JT15D-5 (turbofan); 6,182 hours total
- Engine 2: P & W Canada JT15D-5 (turbofan); 6,130 hours total
- Operator: Stein'S Aircraft Services, LLC
The flight
- Departed from: UES Waukesha WI at 2:17 pm
- Destination: RID Richmond IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 24, 5,502 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 080° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 0.5 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 1,500 ft; scat at 300 ft
- Temperature: 32°F (0°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observation at 2:55 pm from RID, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN19LA090.