# NTSB ERA24LA107: Beech C23, N6015U, Elizabethtown, NC, February 1, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: February 1, 2024, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Elizabethtown, NC · Airport
- Coordinates: 34.601816, -78.579276
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6018&lon=-78.5793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193754/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193754
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA107

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion, right main landing gear collapse, and a collision with a ditch.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C23, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C23, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation; cases with it: [Beech C23, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech C23, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Beech C23, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech C23, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported following a cross-country flight he entered the traffic pattern for landing and noticed a left crosswind about 8 knots. He described the approach as normal, however; the touchdown was to the right of the centerline and the nosed yawed to the right during the roll out. The pilot attempted to maintain directional control with rudder application, but the airplane continued to veer off the runway to the right into a ditch and the right main landing gear collapsed. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector observed no anomalies with flight control continuity during a postaccident examination of the airplane. The stabilator sustained substantial damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6015U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6015U), registered now, S/N M-2135 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23 (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-2135
- Year built: 1979
- Engines: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: N6015u LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SOP, Pinehurst, NC
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: EYF, Curtis L Brown Jr Fld, runway 15/33, 5,006 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; seat: left; flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observed at: EYF
- METAR: METAR KEYF 011710Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 12/03 A3013 RMK AO2 T01150030=

## 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 20240201000649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240201000649A), Feb 1, 2024: Beech C23, Elizabethtown, NC, Substantial damage. After landing during rollout, aircraft exited runway to the right. Pilot attempted braking which imposed a leftward drift into the grass and mud. Aircraft…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 13, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193754. 713 KB in all.

- Memorandum for record (pilot) (item 1, PDF, 2 pages, 100 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17123508&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR%20(Pilot%20in%20Command)%20-%20Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for record (FAA inspector) (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17122932&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR%20(FAA%20Inspector)-Rel.pdf
- Investigative photographs (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 549 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17124270&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Rel.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.

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