# NTSB ERA10CA191: Beech 58, N858PR, Naples, FL, March 27, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 27, 2010, 08:15 local (12:15 UTC) - Place: Naples, FL - Coordinates: 28.1025, -80.644996 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1025&lon=-80.6450&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 1, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 75592 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10CA191 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75592/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75592 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA191 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper flare while landing, resulting in a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 58, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 58, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=1152740), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) ## Analysis Upon arrival at his destination after an instrument-flight-rules flight, the pilot was cleared for a very-high frequency omnidirectional radio range approach to runway 5. The pilot encountered visual conditions at 400 feet. He flared the airplane high and fast and the airplane touched down hard on the runway and bounced. The airplane touched back down on the runway and began to porpoise. The nosewheel then sheared off and the airplane continued down the runway until it came to a complete stop. Both wings were wrinkled to their wing root and the cabin area was buckled. The pilot stated that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane and that he simply "rounded out" too high and made a hard landing, resulting in the nose landing gear shearing off the airplane. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated he was conducting an instrument flight rules flight from Melbourne, Florida to Naples, Florida. Upon arrival at Naples, the pilot was cleared for a very-high frequency omnidirectional radio range approach to runway 5. The pilot encountered visual conditions at 400 feet. He flared the airplane high and fast and the airplane touched down hard on the runway and bounced. The airplane touched backed down on the runway and began to porpoise. The nose wheel sheared off and the airplane continued down the runway and came to a complete stop. Both wings were wrinkled to their wing root and the cabin area was buckled. The pilot stated there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane. He simply rounded out too high, and made a hard landing, resulting in the nose landing gear shearing off the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N858PR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N858PR), registered now, S/N TH-1221, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 58 (NO SERIES) - Registry model: [Beech 58](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (registry code 1152740) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TH-1221 - Airframe hours: 4225 - Engines: Continental IO-520_CB9B 300 horsepower reciprocating; Continental IO-520_CB9B 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Golpa Gadoda - Registered owner: Melbourne Air Partners LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 19, 2009, 50 hours before - Departed: MLB, Melbourne, FL - Destination: APF, Naples, FL - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: APF, Naples Municipal Airport, runway 05, 5,290 × 1,612 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 10, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 900 total, 300 in this make and model, 800 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 4 knots - Visibility: 1 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 200 ft broken - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.03 inHg - Observed at: APF ## 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 20100327032489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100327032489A), Mar 27, 2010: Beech 58, Naples, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed melbourne international airport (mlb) at 0715 EDT on a part 91 flight to Naples, Florida (apf). An IFR flight plan was filed and the… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 27, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75592. 440 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 440 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327630&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.