# NTSB ATL86LA175: Beech C-23, N6046Z, Fuquay-Varina, NC, June 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 18, 1986, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Fuquay-Varina, NC
- Coordinates: 35.539436, -78.829795 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5394&lon=-78.8298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7134/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA175

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - misjudged, check pilot (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, check pilot (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE FLT WAS A PRACTICAL FLT TEST FOR A COMMERCIAL PLT CERTIFICATE. AT APRX 3,000 FT THE PLT EXAMINER INITIATED A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. THE APPLICANT SPIRALED TO A MODIFIED DOWNWIND AND BASE LEG. THE APPLICANT SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL ON FINAL APCH WHERE HE NOTED A HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED SINK RATE. PWR WAS APPLIED, HOWEVER, THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND SHORT OF THE GRASS RWY WHERE IT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE APPLICANT STATED THAT BOTH HE AND THE EXAMINER MISJUDGED THE APCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6046Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6046Z-1989-03-15), registration cancelled 1989-03-15, S/N M2173 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2173
- Airframe hours: 1736
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ralph A. Flow
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed: RDU, RALEIGH, NC
- Airport: 4W3, Fuquay Angier, runway 32, 2,780 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 529 total, 416 in this make and model, 448 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDU, 20 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860618029429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860618029429A), Jun 18, 1986: Beech C23, Fuquay Varina, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot let aircraft touchdown short of the runway during simulated engine failure while landing on flight test.

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.

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