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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Beech 23 · Kingman, AZ · May 5, 2006

Date
May 5, 2006 · 08:30 local
Place
Kingman, AZ
Airport
Kingman Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8750M
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06CA162
Reported as
Beech 23
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
68 total68 in this make and model68 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

(-23) On may 05, 2006 at Kingman Airport Kingman, AZ., at approximately 0830, student pilot privacy data omitted owner and operator of a Beechcraft BE-23-23, N8750M, crashed on landing when following a twin aircraft for touch and go on runway 21. Aircraft apparently was hit by a gust of wind and the left wing rotated up at a 45 degree angle, after pilot leveled aircraft, pilot stated a down draft that slammed the aircraft into the runway surface striking all three landing gear hard, and resulting in the nose gear collapsing and the prop hitting runway surface. After aircraft came to rest, pilot in commmand exited aircraft with no injuries. Aircraft subsequently caught fire and was consumed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 05, 2006 AT KINGMAN AIRPORT KINGMAN, AZ., AT APPROXIMATELY 0830, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED OWNER AND OPERATOR OF A BEECHCRAFT BE-23-23, N8750M, CRASHED ON LANDING WHEN FOLLOWING A TWIN AIRCRAFT FOR TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 21. AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY WAS HIT BY A GUST OF WIND AND THE LEFT WING ROTATED UP AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, AFTER PILOT LEVELED AIRCRAFT, PILOT STATED A DOWN DRAFT THAT SLAMMED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE RUNWAY SURFACE STRIKING ALL THREE LANDING GEAR HARD, AND RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSING AND THE PROP HITTING RUNWAY SURFACE. AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, PILOT IN COMMMAND EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS CONSUMED.

NTSB investigation

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