- Date
- January 26, 2002, 11:44 local (16:44 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomington, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N350NWBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20020126001859A
- Case key
- 54084
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a hard contact with the runway. Factors associated with the accident were the improper flare and the crosswind condition.
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 airplane experienced a hard landing on runway 17. The pilot reported the airplane ballooned during the landing flare after the main gear had touched the runway. The airplane then contacted the runway with the right main landing gear. He reported the impact was "strong" enough to damage the right main landing gear. The pilot reported that the local winds were being reported as 220 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 18 knots. The local METAR reporting station reported the winds at 1153, were from 220 degrees at 14 knots.
Factual narrative
On January 26, 2002, at 1144 eastern standard time, a Beech F33A, N350NW, experienced a hard landing on runway 17 (6,500 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at the Bloomington-Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, Indiana. The private pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Griffith, Indiana, at 1100.
The pilot reported the airplane ballooned during the landing flare after the main gear had touched the runway. The airplane then contacted the runway with the right main landing gear. He reported the impact was "strong" enough to damage the right main landing gear.
The pilot reported that the local winds were being reported as 220 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 18 knots. The local METAR reporting station reported the winds at 1153, were from 220 degrees at 14 knots.
Post accident inspection of the airplane by an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration, Indianapolis, Indiana, Flight Standards District Office revealed substantial damage to the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N350NW
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-753
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sean M. McGrath
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Destination
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Airport
- BMG · Monroe County, runway 17, 6,500 × 150 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
- 31
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- November 10, 2001
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 9, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 328 KB 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 N350NW · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.