- Date
- August 21, 1996, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18780Beech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960821039509A
- Case key
- 10377
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Probable cause
the instructor pilot delayed the remedial action and failed to maintain adequate supervision. The slow airspeed maintained by the student pilot was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor pilot reported that he had been instructing the student in short field takeoffs and landings at another airstrip. They returned to Flying Cloud Airport and were going to practice two more short field takeoffs and landings. The instructor pilot reported that on the first approach, the student let the airspeed get too slow. The instructor tried to take control and recover. The instructor lowered the nose to gain airspeed and do a go-around. The airplane landed hard on the main landing gear, which bent the left wing spar.
Factual narrative
On August 21, 1996, at 1330 central daylight time, a Beech C-23, N18780, operated by General Aviation Services, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing at the Flying Cloud Airport, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The instructor pilot and student pilot reported no injuries to themselves or to the one passenger . The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed Flying Cloud Airport, on a local instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The instructor pilot reported that he had been instructing the student in short field takeoffs and landings at Winsted Municipal Airport, Winsted, Minnesota. They returned to Flying Cloud Airport and were going to practice two more short field takeoffs and landings. The instructor pilot reported that on the first approach, the airspeed got too slow. The instructor tried to take control and recover. The instructor lowered the nose to gain airspeed and do a go-around. The airplane landed hard on the main landing gear, which bent the left wing spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18780
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1943
- Airframe hours
- 4,193
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- General Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Gerald And Kathryn Jahner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FCM
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 18, 2,700 × 75 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 809 total · 40 in this make and model · 681 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.