- Date
- August 31, 2022, 14:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6628JBeech C23
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 105869
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff phase of a touch and go landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot reported that, while on final for a touch and go landing, the airplane was a bit high, but with plenty of runway remaining. The airplane touched down and bounced twice. The student pilot elected to go around. During the go around the left horizontal stabilator struck a runway light which resulted in substantial damage. The student pilot continued to fly the traffic pattern and subsequently landed without further incident. The student pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6628J
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2182
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 4,059.4
- Engine
- Lycoming O&VO-360 SER, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skysurv Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 2022
- Departed
- KFCM · Eden Prairie, MN
- Destination
- KFCM · Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport
- KFCM · Flying Cloud, runway 28R, 3,898 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 62 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 2997.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KFCM
- METAR
- METAR KFCM 311953Z 25007KT 210V290 10SM CLR 30/17 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP144 T03000167=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 MB in all.