Flight History
The commercial pilot, who had 18,300 hours of flight experience, filed an IFR flight plan for a 332-nautical mile flight. The flight proceeded without incident until the airplane was about 15 nautical miles from the destination airport. Air traffic control cleared the flight for a visual approach and advised the pilot of light to moderate and possible heavy precipitation south of the airport. The pilot then canceled his IFR flight plan, acknowledged that he had the weather in sight, and switched to the local airport advisory frequency. The destination airport was a non-towered airport without published instrument approaches. No further communications were received from the airplane.
Accident Sequence
Witnesses at the airport observed the airplane touch down long abeam the midfield taxiway on runway 04. Shortly after touchdown on the 3,000-foot long, 75-foot wide asphalt runway, an increase in engine power consistent with an aborted landing was heard. The airplane became airborne before the end of the runway but failed to climb. The main landing gear collided with the 5-foot tall airport perimeter fence. The airplane subsequently struck a concrete block building, a utility pole, several trees, the roof of a house, several strands of power lines, and finally a mobile home. The airplane came to rest inverted about 811 feet beyond the departure end of runway 04. Witnesses reported that a thunderstorm was in the immediate vicinity of the airport at the time, with heavy rain restricting flight visibility to less than one mile.
Post-Accident Examination
The landing gear was found extended and the flaps were in the retracted position. A post-impact fire destroyed the airplane. Flight control continuity was established to all flight controls. No mechanical anomalies were found with the airframe or the engines.