# NTSB BFO88LA087: Beech B23, N9110T, Roanoke, VA, October 1, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1988, 20:05 local (Oct 1, 1988, 00:05 UTC)
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Coordinates: 37.309738, -79.899009 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3097&lon=-79.8990&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11442
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11442/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA087

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9110T-1991-06-12), registration cancelled 1991-06-12, S/N M1162 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M1162
- Airframe hours: 3050
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880930042869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880930042869A), Sep 30, 1988: Beech 23BEECH, Roanoke, VA, Substantial damage. Bounced twice landing. Nose gear folded. Slid off side runway. First flight in six weeks.

## Other investigations on N9110T (3)

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.

- [NTSB MKC74DCD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCD27), Apr 22, 1974: Beech 23 (N9110T), Sioux City, IA, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC71DCQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCQ02), Jul 15, 1970: Beech B23 (N9110T), Wellington, KS, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC70FC014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70FC014), Mar 26, 1970: Beech B23 (N9110T), Goddard, KS, substantial damage

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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