19990724041379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Clemson, SC · July 24, 1999

Date: July 24, 1999 · 13:30 local
Place: Clemson, SC
Airport: Clemson-Oconee County Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N63TW
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA99LA202
Reported as: Beech C23
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A4J
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 492 total5 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N63TWRegistration cancelled May 13, 2015 · Beech C23S/N M-1762 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBeech C23 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(.4) After flying in the local area for about 30 minutes, the flight returned to the departure airport, and landed. The airplane impacted the runway, bounced twice, skidded off the left side of the runway, hit a ditch and embankment. The pilot attempted to make the takeoff with full flaps, but immediately retracted all the flaps when the aircraft would not climb. (-23) on July 24, 1999, at 1330 EDT, a Beech sundowner, BE-C23, N63TW, crashed landed on runway 7 at the seneca-Oconee airport (kceu), seneca, south carolina. The airplane impacted the runway, bounced twice, stalled and skidded off the left side of the runway, hit a ditch and embankment, came to rest near the departure end, with the left wing badly crumpled at the wing tip, the left horizontal stabilizer bent and the fuselage, at the aft end, near the tail damaged and bent. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The pilot and passengers had no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(.4) AFTER FLYING IN THE LOCAL AREA FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, AND LANDED. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED TWICE, SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A DITCH AND EMBANKMENT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE TAKEOFF WITH FULL FLAPS, BUT IMMEDIATELY RETRACTED ALL THE FLAPS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB. (-23) ON JULY 24, 1999, AT 1330 EDT, A BEECH SUNDOWNER, BE-C23, N63TW, CRASHED LANDED ON RUNWAY 7 AT THE SENECA-OCONEE AIRPORT (KCEU), SENECA, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED TWICE, STALLED AND SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A DITCH AND EMBANKMENT, CAME TO REST NEAR THE DEPARTURE END, WITH THE LEFT WING BADLY CRUMPLED AT THE WING TIP, THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BENT AND THE FUSELAGE, AT THE AFT END, NEAR THE TAIL DAMAGED AND BENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS HAD NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA99LA202Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSeneca, SCthe pilot misjudged the flare, landed hard, bounced, departed the runway, which resulted in an impact with a ditch and embankment. A factor in this accident was the improper recovery from a bounced landing.Jul 24, 1999 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N63TW · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19960514017589ILevel Off Touchdown · Cincinnati, OHNarrative: wing tip hit runway light on landing.May 14, 1996 · Minor damage