- Date
- September 5, 1990, 19:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Newaygo, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2334WBeech A23A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900905038179A
- Case key
- 14768
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper level-off and recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a loss of control. In addition, an unqualified person was coaching the student from the ground.
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.
Analysis
A solo student pilot bounced on touchdown, applied full throttle and pitched up abruptly. Witnesses recount the airplane climbed 10 feet, reduced pitch to a steep climb attitude and rolled left. About 50 feet above ground the airplane, with 70 to 90 degrees left bank, commenced a descent to ground collision. The student pilot's husband, a private pilot and owner of the airplane, was coaching his wife from the side of the runway using a hand-held radio.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2334W
- Reported as
- Beech A23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-930
- Engine
- Continental IO-346A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel L. Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- C28 · Newaygo, runway 5, 3,150 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 23 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.