- Date
- September 26, 1983, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Eaton Rapids, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5671SBeech A23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830926051739A
- Case key
- 12355
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nose gear collapsed during a hard landing. The landing was on a 2600 ft turf strip. The pilot stated that afterthe acft bounced several times during landing the nose gear collapsed. The acft then slid into a post near the edge of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5671S
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-110
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Percy Watson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1982
- Departed
- MOP · Mt. Pleasant, MI
- Airport
- 60G · Skyway Estates, runway 26, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 5 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 12 nm away
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 N5671S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.