# NTSB CEN24LA105: Beech B23, N6148N, Blytheville, AR, February 2, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: February 2, 2024, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Blytheville, AR
- Coordinates: 35.939999, -89.830738
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9400&lon=-89.8307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193742
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN24LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193742/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193742
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA105

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper descent path which resulted in a bounced landing and loss of control.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B23, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Beech B23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B23, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during landing the airplane bounced multiple times. During each successive bounce, the airplane gained more altitude to the point that the pilot was scared. He added full power to go around, the airplane turned left, and he was unable to maintain control. The airplane impacted a ditch off the side of the runway and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6148N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6148N), registered now, S/N M-1225, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1225
- Year built: 1969
- Airframe hours: 3263.24
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: All-In-Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 17, 2023
- Departed: ARG, Walnut Ridge, AR
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: HKA, Blytheville Muni, runway 18/36, 4,999 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Handheld GPS, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review January 11, 2023; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 348 total, 346 in this make and model, 299 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: KHKA
- METAR: KHKA 021853Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 18/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01780094 $

## 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 20240202001149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240202001149A), Feb 2, 2024: Beech B23, Byltheville, AR, Substantial damage. ATC report: Blytheville, AR (hka): [privacy data omitted], B23, stalled on short final and crashed near hka arpt. Sun in the pilot's eyes may have been a…

## Other investigations on N6148N (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 FTW77DPG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77DPG06), Nov 3, 1976: Beech 23 (N6148N), Paragould, AR, substantial damage

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 29, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193742. 2.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16703833&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20-%20pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 437 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16703770&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.