- Date
- July 6, 1993, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Falmouth, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4325WBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930706022799A
- Case key
- 11950
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and improper recovery from a bounced landing. The gusty wind condition was a related factor.
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 pilot stated that just before touchdown, a gust of wind was encountered that lifted the airplane, and then it touched down hard. He stated that the airplane bounced and touched down hard again, then the nose gear collapsed and tore away from the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4325W
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-528
- Airframe hours
- 2,872
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Equity Resources Inc.
- Registered owner
- Equity Resources Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1993 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Destination
- 5B6
- Airport
- 5B6 · Falmouth Airpark, runway 25, 2,300 × 40 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 575 total · 348 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N4325W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.