# Accident 20020802024389A: Beech 58TC, Avalon, CA, August 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Airport: Catalina Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4153° N, 118.4156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4153&lon=-118.4156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2102L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2102L-2017-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02FA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802024389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WIND WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN 240 DEGREES AT EIGHT KNOTS. THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (A.S.O.S.) REPORTED THE VISIBILITY AS 3/4 MILE. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR. THE VICTIM'S BROTHER OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT. HE REPORTED THAT HIS BROTHER, THE PILOT, TOUCHED DOWN JUST BEFORE THE FIRST EXIT. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED ON TWO OCCASIONS TO "GO AROUND." THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                     THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK A DIRT BERM AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE VICTIM'S BROTHER STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WENT NEARLY VERTICAL, THEN PITCHED OVER AND DISAPPEARED. A FEW SECONDS LATER A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD AND A BALL OF FIRE WAS OBSERVED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX02FA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA247), Aug 2, 2002: Beech 58TC (N2102L), Avalon, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudged distance and speed during the landing approach, which resulted in an overrun of the runway. Also causal was the pilot's failure to conduct a go-around during the approach, or…

## Other reports on N2102L (1)

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

- [Incident 19960131003279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960131003279I), Jan 31, 1996: Beech 58TC (N2102L), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot: Mr. Jack nyce stated that on January 31, 1996, at 1743 PST, Beechcraft aircraft, registration number N2102L, touched down at Palo Alto…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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