# NTSB BFO93LA114: Beech A36, N4325W, Falmouth, MA, July 6, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1993, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Falmouth, MA
- Location: 41.5856° N, 70.5404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALMOUTH AIRPARK (5B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5856&lon=-70.5404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11950
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO93LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11950/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA114

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4325W-2014-11-25), registration cancelled 2014-11-25, S/N E-528, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Beech A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (registry code 1151604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-528
- Airframe hours: 2872
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930706022799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930706022799A), Jul 6, 1993: Beech A36, Falmouth, MA, Substantial damage. Hard landing bonce came down on nose gear. Nose gear torn off. Damaged prop. Destroyed engine. Blamed wind gust.

## Other investigations on N4325W (1)

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 ERA13FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA039), Oct 25, 2012: Beech A36 (N4325W), Hooksett, NH, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's total incapacitation in flight due to an acute heart attack.

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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