# Accident 20060505006719A: Beech 23, Kingman, AZ, May 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2006, 08:30 local time
- Place: Kingman, AZ
- Airport: Kingman Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2594° N, 113.9381° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2594&lon=-113.9381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8750M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8750M-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 68 total, 68 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060505006719A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX06CA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA162), May 5, 2006: Beech BE23 (N8750M), Kingman, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to attain/maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in an encounter with wake turbulence and subsequent hard landing.

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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