- Date
- July 16, 1993, 19:22 local (Jul 17, 1993, 00:22 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2256LBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930716029479A
- Case key
- 9245
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper recovery 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.
Analysis
The pilot stated the airplane bounced at touchdown. She applied power and forward yoke. The airplane touched down hard and nose low, collapsing the nose landing gear.
Factual narrative
On July 16, 1993, at 1922 central daylight time, a Beech C24R airplane, N2256L, collapsed the nose landing gear during landing at Spirit of St. Louis airport, Chesterfield, Missouri. The airplane was substantially damaged. The solo private pilot reported no injury. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the field. The local, personal flight originated about 1845 without a flight plan and operated under 14 CFR 91.
The pilot stated the airplane bounced on first touchdown. She added power and applied forward yoke to "even it out." The airplane touched down hard on the nosewheel, and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2256L
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-456
- Airframe hours
- 1,448
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ben F. Blanton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1993 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St. Louis, runway 26R, 7,005 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 65 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.