- Date
- June 14, 1985, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6020UBeech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850614030359A
- Case key
- 6812
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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 student plt was making a landing at the second arpt of a x-country flt when a controller in the tower observed the acft bounce and spotted the nose gear lying on the rwy. An ELT signal was also received at that time. The student plt made a go-around and then a low pass so CFR personnel could check for additional damage. The plt was advised to make a soft fld landing and shut everything down prior to lowering the nose. The plt attempted a landing but performed a go-around. The next landing was successful but the acft veered off the side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6020U
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2152
- Airframe hours
- 2,170
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piedmont Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1985 · 927 hours before
- Departed
- CRE · N. Myrtle Beach, SC
- Destination
- ILM · Wilmington, NC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ILM · New Hanover County, runway 5, 2,999 × 200 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 53 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.