# NTSB CHI94LA164: Beech B23, N4016T, Faribault, MN, May 19, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1994, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Faribault, MN
- Coordinates: 44.289031, -93.269432 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2890&lon=-93.2694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 12, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9533
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9533/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA164

## Probable cause

a hard landing as a result of the flight instructor's delayed remedial action. A factor associated with the accident is the student pilot's improper flair.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, dual student (contributing factor)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING FULL-STOP LANDINGS ON A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE STUDENT DROPPED THE NOSE AFTER THE FLARE AND LANDED HARD.  THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHEN IT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE.  WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN TORN OFF.

## Factual narrative

On May 19, 1994, about 1630 central daylight time, a Beech B23, N4016T, sustained substantial damage in a hard landing at the Faribault Municipal Airport, Faribault, Minnesota.  The flight was a dual instructional flight which originated at Faribault.  The flight instructor and the student pilot were not injured.  No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

The instructor stated the student was attempting his third full- stop landing.  He said the student landed hard and the airplane bounced back into the air.  The flight instructor took control of the airplane, executed a go-around, and landed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4016T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4016T-2011-04-18), registration cancelled 2011-04-18, S/N M-1123, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1123
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A2G 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Northern Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, March 30, 1994
- Airport: FBL, Faribault Municipal Arpt, runway 12, 4,254 × 72 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,950 total, 300 in this make and model, 1,651 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FBL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940519011779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940519011779A), May 19, 1994: Beech B23BEECH, Faribault, MN, Substantial damage. Student bounced landing. CFI tookover. Made go around. Right wheel and strut came off landing. Struck stabilizer.

## Other investigations on N4016T (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC70D0082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0082), Jul 19, 1969: Beech B23 (N4016T), Ely, MN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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