- Date
- March 12, 1987, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manitowoc, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1824PBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870312005819A
- Case key
- 13743
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - separation
Analysis
Pilot flared too high on landing. Aircraft landed hard and nose wheel broke off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1824P
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-759
- Airframe hours
- 2,633
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- North Star Aviation
- Registered owner
- Douglas J. Mikelson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- MTW
- Airport
- MTW · Manitowoc Co., runway 35, 5,002 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 29 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.