# NTSB CHI84LA324: Beech BE-23, N2010V, Dodgeville, WI, August 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1984, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Dodgeville, WI
- Coordinates: 42.960857, -90.129753 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9609&lon=-90.1298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12717
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA324
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12717/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA324

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)
  - flare - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT SOLO PLT FLARED THE ACFT OVER THE RWY, THE ACFT BOUNCED AND HIT THE NOSE GEAR WHICH COLLAPSED. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND WENT OFF THE RWY ABOUT 100 FT TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE ARPT DIRECTORY CAUTIONS OF A STEEP DOWNGRADE TO THE RWY. THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 30 IS 85 FT HIGHER THAN RWY 12 THRESHOLD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2010V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2062
- Airframe hours: 1055
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald J. Carani
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: JVL, JANESVILLE, WI
- Destination: 55C, DODGEVILLE, WI
- Airport: 55C, Dodgeville, runway 30, 2,740 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 16 in this make and model, 7 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSN, 37 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840802040589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840802040589A), Aug 2, 1984: Beech C23, Dodgeville, WI, Destroyed. Student pilot made hard landing on a down sloping runway.

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.

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