- Date
- December 28, 1989, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Martinsville, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18733Beech BE-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11574
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain adequate airspeed, causing the aircraft to stall and land hard.
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 was completing a commercial checkride. According to the plt, the acft was about 10 to 15 feet above the rwy whenthe acft pitched up and landed hard collapsing the landing gear. The aircraft slid off the left side of the rwy. According to the FAA designated examiner, the landing apch appeared normal until the acft pitched up and landed hard on the right main gear. The plt reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18733
- Reported as
- Beech BE-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC499
- Airframe hours
- 1,243
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MTV
- Airport
- MTV · Martinsville, runway 30, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 32 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg