- Date
- April 5, 1991, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58SEBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910405012339A
- Case key
- 15041
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Probable cause
Remedial action was delayed by the instructor pilot. A factor related to the accident was an excessive rate of descent.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor said that the flight was to train the spouse of the acft's owner to be able to control the acft in case of the pilot's incapacitation. After a relatively high descent rate, the acft touched down hard, then bounced back into the air. The CFI took over the controls, and landed the acft. The nose gear collapsed and the acft slid to a stop, sustaining substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58SE
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-1587
- Airframe hours
- 232
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-C, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Edelson, Steven A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1991 · 36 hours before
- Airport
- ICT · Wichita Mid-Continent, runway 19, 7,302 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,473 total · 459 in this make and model · 2,437 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ICT, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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