19891228066339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C24R · Martinsville, VA · December 28, 1989

Date
December 28, 1989 · 14:00 local
Place
Martinsville, VA
Airport
Blue Ridge Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N18773
Reported as
Beech C24R
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
262 total32 in this make and model68 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On flare for landing, nose pitched up. Aircraft hit runway hard collapsing right main gear. Blamed windshear.

As the FAA filed it

ON FLARE FOR LANDING, NOSE PITCHED UP. AIRCRAFT HIT RUNWAY HARD COLLAPSING RIGHT MAIN GEAR. BLAMED WINDSHEAR.