- Date
- April 24, 1982, 15:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6001VBeech BE-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820424013779A
- Case key
- 73000
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing flare the aircraft dropped rapidly striking the runway on the main gear. It then bounced back into the air and landed on the nose gear which collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6001V
- Reported as
- Beech BE-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2112
- Airframe hours
- 1,238
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dupage Aviation Corp
- Registered owner
- Dupage Aviation Corp
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Destination
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage County, runway 10, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 6 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N6001V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.