- Date
- June 24, 2002, 15:57 local (21:57 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N94PBBeech 58P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20020624018749A
- Case key
- 55034
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to follow procedures for a balked landing which resulted in a stall/mush.
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 said that he was landing on runway 11L when a right crosswind gust struck the aircraft. He decided to go around. He applied full power and raised the landing gear; the flaps remained at 30 degrees (full down). The pilot said that the airplane settled to the ground and subsequently exited the left side of the runway. Both wings and the fuselage were wrinkled, and the right engine mount was broken. The airplane's Pilot Owner's Handbook procedure for a balked landing states that the flaps must be raised to 0 degrees. The POH also states that the maximum demonstrated crosswind for landing was 30 knots.
Factual narrative
On June 24, 2002, at 1657 mountain daylight time, a Beech 58P, N94PB, was destroyed during a go-around attempt at Jeffco Airport, Broomfield, Colorado. The instrument rated private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight that originated from the John Wayne - Orange County Airport, Santa Ana, California, approximately 3 hours 20 minutes before the accident. An IFR flight plan had been filed and activated.
The pilot said that he was attempting to land on runway 11L when a right crosswind gust struck the aircraft. He decided to go around. He applied full power and raised the landing gear; the flaps remained at 30 degrees (full down). The pilot said that the airplane settled to the ground and subsequently exited the left side of the runway. Both wings and the fuselage were wrinkled, and the right engine mount was broken.
The airplane's Pilot Owner's Handbook (POH) for a balked landing states:
1. Propellers -- High RPM
2. Throttles -- Full open
3. Airspeed -- Balked landing climb speed (92 knots)
4. Flaps -- Up (0 degrees)
5. Landing Gear -- Up
The POH also states that the maximum demonstrated crosswind for landing was 30 knots. The maximum calculated crosswind, at the time of the accident, was 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94PB
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ-245
- Airframe hours
- 2,926
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-WB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce A. Lampert PC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 2001 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco Airport, runway 11R, 7,004 × 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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 872 total · 872 in this make and model · 1,591 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 507 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.