# NTSB ATL96LA041: Beech 23, N511MC, Mc Coll, SC, January 28, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1996, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Mc Coll, SC
- Coordinates: 34.660087, -79.539108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6601&lon=-79.5391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 22, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL96LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA041

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N511MC-2007-06-21), registration cancelled 2007-06-21, S/N M-1374, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1374
- Airframe hours: 1792
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19960128027679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960128027679A), Jan 28, 1996: Beech C23, Mccoll, SC, Substantial damage. Ballooned landing on Private grass strip. Selected to around and lost control in initial climbing turn.

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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