Accident Beechcraft 35-C33 Debonair N12CA, Thursday 11 August 2011

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Date:	Thursday 11 August 2011
Time:	15:00 LT
Type:	Beechcraft 35-C33 Debonair
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N12CA
MSN:	CD-1025
Engine model:	Continental IO-470 SERIES
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rockwall, TX (F46) - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Hays Municipal Airport, KS (HYS/KHYS)
Destination airport:	Rockwall, TX (F46)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot was returning to his home airport and obtained the automated weather information from a nearby airport. The pilot misinterpreted the wind direction, which was from 010 degrees at 9 knots, as 110 degrees at 9 knots. As a result, the pilot landed long on runway 17 with a left quartering tailwind, bounced, and tried to turn onto a taxiway with too much speed. The pilot was unable to slow the airplane down and subsequently went off the end of the runway into a construction zone. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the firewall and left wing spar were substantially damaged. No mechanical deficiencies that would have precluded normal operation were noted with the airplane or its systems.

Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of control while landing with a tailwind due to his misinterpretation of the wind conditions.

Accident investigation: