- Date
- July 18, 1986, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6116NBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860718034629A
- Case key
- 7149
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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
During landing roll the pilot noticed that the aircraft began to veer off the runway. He initiated a go-around in order to assess the problem. It was determined that the nose wheel had malfunctioned. During the landing roll the aircraft veered off the runway and was substantially damaged. Post crash examination of the aircraft revealed that a nose wheel cable was broken, allowing the nose wheel to turn to one side during touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6116N
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-340
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360A1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald R. Gause
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1985
- Departed
- Lake City, SC
- Airport
- Cockfield, runway 22, 3,700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 311 total · 18 in this make and model · 277 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.