# NTSB ATL86LA198: Beech A23-24, N6116N, Lake City, SC, July 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1986, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Lake City, SC
- Coordinates: 33.860286, -79.750152 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8603&lon=-79.7502&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): 7149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA198

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,partial
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6116N-1989-08-22), registration cancelled 1989-08-22, S/N MA340 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24
- Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MA-340
- Airframe hours: 1700
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860718034629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860718034629A), Jul 18, 1986: Beech A2324, Lake City, SC, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway during landing and hit an embankment. The landing gear steering cable was broken

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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