- Date
- September 30, 1988, 20:05 local (Oct 1, 1988, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9110TBeech B23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880930042869A
- Case key
- 11442
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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 plt said the acft bounced twice during the landing. The apch speed was 75 to 80 KTS. The left main gear collapsed on the second bounce. The nose gear collapsed on the final touchdown. The acft slid off the left side of he rwy. The plt reported no mechanical malfunctions. The plt said this was his first flight in six weeks. He said a go-around should have been initiated after the first bounce.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9110T
- Reported as
- Beech B23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1162
- Airframe hours
- 3,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Willis Skeen Associates
- Registered owner
- Willis Skeen Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1987 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- LNP · Wise, VA
- Airport
- ROA · Roanoke, runway 33, 5,000 × 150 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 31 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9110T · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.