- Date
- May 31, 1988, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lacon, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4306SBeech B-19A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880531017269A
- Case key
- 14085
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Probable cause
A hard landing made by the student pilot after attempting to recover from a bounced landing.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Raising of flaps - not performedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Hard landing
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Flare - improperCause
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4306S
- Reported as
- Beech B-19A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-407
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James E. Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- C75 · Marshall Co., runway 18, 2,200 × 50 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 25 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.