# NTSB DEN83LA161: Beech C-23, N65236, Colorado Spring, CO, July 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1983, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Coordinates: 38.820552, -104.699256 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8206&lon=-104.6993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16111
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16111/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA161

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - descent - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT WAS CLEARED FOR A TOUCH & GO LANDING TO RWY 17 AND WHEN DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 17 ON THE DOWNWIND LEG WAS RE-CLEARED FOR TOUCH & GO'S TO RWY 12. THE APPROACH TO RWY 12 WAS STEEP, TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED MID-POINT OF THE THE RWY AND A GO-AROUND WAS ABORTED WHEN THE PLT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE BUILDING AT PATTERSON AFB. HE STATED, 'I CUT THE POWER AND DROPPED THE PLANE ON THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N65236 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-2368
- Airframe hours: 121
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hedrick Beechcraft Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 24, 1983, 99 hours before
- Airport: COS, Co. Springs Municipal, runway 12, 8,511 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 67 total, 67 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19830707030869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830707030869A), Jul 7, 1983: Beech C23, Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. Tower changed runway landing clearance and pilot attempted to comply causing long landing and aborted takeoff.

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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