# Accident 20090311001949A: Beech 58, Durango, CO, March 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2009, 19:06 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Durango-La Plata County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASS
- Location: 37.1508° N, 107.7522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1508&lon=-107.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8245H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8245H-2012-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 226 total, 5 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090311001949A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/11/09 AT 1906 MST A BE-58 N8245H WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT HARD LANDED DURING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. THE INSTRUCTOR AND PIC WERE PERFORMING A DOUBLE ENGINE OUT ON TAKE-OFF WITH RUNWAY REMAINING FROM RWY 21 AT LAPLATA, DURANGO CO.  DURING THE TAKE-OFF AT APPROX 50 TO 100 FT. AGL THE THROTTLES WERE PULLED BACK TO IDLE.  THE STUDENT FAILED TO PROMPTLY PITCH THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN.  MOMENTARILY THE INSTRUCTOR TO COMMAND TO CORRECT, AND THEN RETURNED CONTROL TO THE PILOT WHO FAILED TO ARREST THE DESCENT.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD.  THE AIRCRAFT WING AND FUSELAGE SUFFERED SKIN BUCKLING AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE CREW.

## 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 CEN09CA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA213), Mar 12, 2009: Beech 58 (N8245H), Durango, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

## Other reports on N8245H (2)

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

- [Accident 20020623012709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020623012709A), Jun 23, 2002: Beech 58 (N8245H), Farmington, NM, No damage. (.19) On June 23, 2002, at 1218 mountain standard time, a Beech BE-58, multiengine airplane, N8245H, sustained substantial damage following the collapse of the…
- [Incident 20020321005469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020321005469I), Mar 21, 2002: Beech 58 (N8245H), Farmington, NM. (-23) On 03/21/02, at approximately 1120 MST, N8245H, a Beech baron BE-58, while on approach to landing at the Farmington, NM Four Corners airport, experienced…

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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