- Date
- August 31, 1989, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hertford, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5796VBeech A23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890831033119A
- Case key
- 8060
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to properly flare the airplane during landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the high obstructions at both ends of the runway.
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 pilot reported that the airplane initially touched down on the nose gear, which overloaded it and caused it to collapse. The airplane swerved collapsing the main gear. The pilot noted that the rwy at the pvt strip was 2,000 ft long with power lines at each end; he was attempting to land immediately after clearing the wires at the approach end, so that he would have more rwy for roll-out and avoid overrunning the rwy end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5796V
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-56
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Davis, Richard L.
- Registered owner
- Eure, Karl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 17, 1988 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- ECG · Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport
- Hertford
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 187 total · 28 in this make and model · 141 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ECG, 8 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.