- Date
- January 28, 2002, 13:39 local (19:39 UTC)
- Place
- Salina, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N841KSBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20020128000919A
- Case key
- 54099
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Probable cause
the student pilot's improper flare and the CFI failed to take remedial action.
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 sustained substantial damage during a hard landing during an instructional flight. The certified flight instructor reported the airspeed was 2 knots slow on final. He reported the landing seemed like a firm landing, but not excessive. The airplane veered right, the prop began to strike the ground, and the airplane skidded to a stop near the right edge of the runway. The student pilot, who was training for his commercial license, reported, "During the touchdown phase I landed on the main gear followed by [the] nose gear. The right main broke upon landing followed by [the] nose gear. The prop struck the ground as well. The plane slid approx. 40 feet." The student pilot reported the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction prior to the hard landing.
Factual narrative
On January 28, 2002, at 1339 central standard time, a Beech 23, N841KS, operated by Kansas State University, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing. The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight departed Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) at 1230 on a local flight. While practicing a short field landing on runway 35 (13,337 feet by 200 feet, asphalt), the airplane landed hard. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. A flight plan was filed with the university's aviation department's flight dispatch.
The CFI reported the following information:
"On short final the instructor saw the airspeed was 2 knots slow and commented that a Sundowner [Beech 23] is not the airplane to get slow in on final. The approach and flare appeared normal from the instructor's point of view. The land[ing] seemed like a firm landing, but not excessive. Then the airplane veered right and the prop began to strike the ground. The instructor realized the prop had stop[ped] so then pulled the mixture. The airplane skidded to a stop near the right edge of the runway."
The student pilot, who was training for his commercial license, reported, "During the touchdown phase I landed on the main gear followed by [the] nose gear. The right main broke upon landing followed by [the] nose gear. The prop struck the ground as well. The plane slid approx. 40 feet."
The student pilot reported the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction prior to the hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N841KS
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1812
- Airframe hours
- 2,731
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kansas State University - Salina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 25, 2002 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- SLN · Salina, KS
- Airport
- SLN · Salina Municipal Airport, runway 35, 13,337 × 200 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- April 26, 2001
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,323 total · 146 in this make and model · 1,239 as pilot in command · 193 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Injuries
- None
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- SLN
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 12, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 769 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.