- Date
- April 9, 1994, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Collegedale, TN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6639CBeech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940409000079A
- Case key
- 3368
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for wind conditions during a crosswind landing. The crosswind was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a full stop landing attempt, the airplane bounced twice at touchdown and the pilot lost control of the airplane when he encountered a crosswind. The airplane veered off the runway and collided with a utility line and a tree. The nearest weather reporting facility recorded the winds as 140 degrees at 8 knots. The pilot reported the winds at the accident airport easterly at 10 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On April 9, 1994, at 1530 eastern daylight time, a Beech C-23, N6639C, collided with the ground during an attempted landing to runway 21 at Collegedale Municipal Airport, Collegedale, Tennessee. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and the personal flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91, with no flight plan filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the pilot and passenger received minor injuries. According to the pilot, the flight departed Cincinnati, Ohio, at 1230 hours.
During a full stop landing attempt, the airplane bounced twice at touchdown and the pilot applied power to start a go around. The pilot confirmed that power was added in an attempt to salvage the landing. He further stated that a gust of wind, approximately fifteen knots, pushed the airplane off the runway, and he lost control of the airplane. The airplane collided with utility lines, a tree, and the ground. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6639C
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M2222
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Acklin, Edward T.
- Registered owner
- Gear Up Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 177 · Cincinnati, OH
- Destination
- 3M3
- Airport
- 3M3 · Collegedale Airport, runway 21, 4,700 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 40 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 10 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.