20160829015459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech C23 · Simsbury, CT · August 29, 2016

Date
August 29, 2016 · 18:50 local
Place
Simsbury, CT
Airport
Simsbury Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9352S
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA16CA308
Reported as
Beech C23
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total79 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On 8/29/2016 at approximately 1700 local time privacy data omitted student pilot number privacy data omitted departed 7B6 to practice maneuvers in privacy data omitted N9352S, BE-23-C23 s/n: M1653. At approximately 1810 pilot landed aircraft at kmmk and departed approximately 10 minutes later with intention to fly back to 7B6. Pilot diverted to 4B9 to practice landing / takeoff there. At approximately 1850 a first attempt to land on runway 21 was made unsuccessfully and pilot decided to go around. On second attempt pilot touched down long on the runway, approximately 1000? Past displaced threshold of runway 21. The pilot applied brakes in attempting to stop the aircraft. The aircraft exited the end of the runway close to centerline, proceeded into a ditch, veered right and came to rest when the left wing contacted a fence.

The pilot was the only person on board the aircraft.

No injuries were sustained by the pilot.

The aircraft sustained substantial damage where the broken nose gear swung up under copilot?s floor area of the fuselage. The engine cowling, propeller, left wing and LH fuselage aft of the wing and baggage door sustained damage. Inspection of aircraft records indicated aircraft was in airworthy condition.

It was reported by an observer that there may have been a 5 knot tail wind.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8/29/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STUDENT PILOT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED 7B6 TO PRACTICE MANEUVERS IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ N9352S, BE-23-C23 S/N: M1653. AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT AT KMMK AND DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER WITH INTENTION TO FLY BACK TO 7B6. PILOT DIVERTED TO 4B9 TO PRACTICE LANDING / TAKEOFF THERE. AT APPROXIMATELY 1850 A FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 WAS MADE UNSUCCESSFULLY AND PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. ON SECOND ATTEMPT PILOT TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1000? PAST DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES IN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE END OF THE RUNWAY CLOSE TO CENTERLINE, PROCEEDED INTO A DITCH, VEERED RIGHT AND CAME TO REST WHEN THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A FENCE.

THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHERE THE BROKEN NOSE GEAR SWUNG UP UNDER COPILOT?S FLOOR AREA OF THE FUSELAGE. THE ENGINE COWLING, PROPELLER, LEFT WING AND LH FUSELAGE AFT OF THE WING AND BAGGAGE DOOR SUSTAINED DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATED AIRCRAFT WAS IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION.

IT WAS REPORTED BY AN OBSERVER THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A 5 KNOT TAIL WIND.

NTSB investigation

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