- Date
- August 13, 1983, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manasses, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N896CLBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830813041059A
- Case key
- 6166
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that during the landing, the nosewheel touched down 1st & the acft bounced. On the 3rd bounce, the nose gear collapsed. After exiting the acft, the plt saw a small fire under the cowling which resulted in further damage before it could be extinguished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N896CL
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-77
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Greenwood, Deborah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1982
- Departed
- 9GO · Buffalo, NY
- Airport
- W10 · Manassas, runway 34L, 3,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 233 total · 8 in this make and model · 144 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.