- Date
- October 1, 2023, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waupaca, WI · Runway 10 at PCZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1963FBeech 23
- Defining event
- Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- 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 Milwaukee FSDO
- FAA report
- 20231001014859A
- Case key
- 193173
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the go-around, that resulted in a runway excursion and an impact with terrain.
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 pilot reported that during the landing, the airplane bounced twice, and he initiated a go-around. During the go-around, the airplane departed the runway to the left, and impacted a grass hill near the runway. The airplane came to rest upright and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The pilot informed local authorities there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1963F
- Reported as
- Beech 23 (UNDESIGNATED SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-541
- Built
- 1963
- Airframe hours
- 2,637
- Engine
- Lycoming Engines O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 2022
- Airport
- PCZ · Waupaca Muni, runway 10/28, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 69
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 19, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 165.7 total · 162.7 in this make and model · 26.7 as pilot in command · 24.1 in the last 90 days · 12.9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.21 inHg
- Observed at
- KPCZ, 1 nm away
- METAR
- KPCZ 011915Z AUTO 15005KT 10SM CLR 30/18 A3021 RMK AO2 T02980184
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 9, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.2 MB in all.
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 N1963F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.