- Date
- January 28, 1996, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mc Coll, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N511MCBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960128027679A
- Case key
- 3689
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing the aircraft ballooned, and the pilot applied full power to abort the landing. He stated that he initiated a left turn, lost control, and the aircraft impacted the terrain on the left side of the runway.
Factual narrative
On January 28, 1996, at 1100 eastern standard time, a Beech BE-23, N511MC, was substantially damaged, following a collision with the ground while attempting a go-around at a private strip near McColl, South Carolina. Neither the private pilot, nor either of his two passengers were injured in the accident. The personal flight was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan had been filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight departed from Pine Hurst, North Carolina, at approximately 1030 eastern standard time.
The pilot stated that he touched down at the private grass strip and ballooned back up into the air. He decided to execute a go-around and applied full power. The pilot said that he turned the aircraft to the left, and impacted the terrain, in a plowed field on the north side of the east/west runway. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N511MC
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1374
- Airframe hours
- 1,792
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A46, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Allen Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1995 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- SOP · Pine Hurst, NC
- Destination
- PVT
- Airport
- PVT · Stanton Bbq (Private), runway 14, 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 151 in this make and model · 42 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SOP, 30 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.