# NTSB Accident MIA01LA014
> **Craig R. Merrill LUTON BETA** · 2000-10-21 · RIDGELAND, SC, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA01LA014
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22217
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-10-21
- **Location:** RIDGELAND, SC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.480731, -80.979667
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Craig R. Merrill
- **Model:** LUTON BETA
- **Registration:** N545CM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed on final approach resulting in the aircraft settling fast, touching down hard, and colliding with an embankment on the side of the runway, where it came to rest inverted.

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