- Date
- July 18, 1990, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cheyenne Wells, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2537WBeech B-24-R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900718027629A
- Case key
- 17975
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor was the pilot's failure to compensate for the existing cross wind.
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
After the pilot's door opened at 9,500 feet, the pilot elected to make a precuationary landing in order to close the door. Just prior to touch down, the pilot became aware of the crosswind; the airplane then landed hard and 'bounced high.' Full power was applied and the airplane drifted right, but would not climb. The pilot then retracted the flaps and the airplane settled to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2537W
- Reported as
- Beech B-24-R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17C-216
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerotech Flight Services, Inc.
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Sprgs, CO
- Destination
- 45V · Cheyenne Wells, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 45V · Cheyenne Wells Municipal, runway 22, 2,875 × 40 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 38 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.