- Date
- March 14, 1983, 16:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2389QBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 20834
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Just prior to the flt, a mechanic performed some minor upkeep functions on the acft & knew of no mechanical problems. He was unaware that the owner was not a rated plt. The mechanic accompanied the owner on a local flt. Subsequently, the acft crashed on the owner's 3rd attempt to land. The 1st pass was high & the owner initiated a go-around. After the 2nd apch, the acft landed hard & bounced, and the owner made a 2nd go-around. The mechanic reported that on the 3rd apch, the acft was low & slow. The acft collided with a tree aprx 200 ft from the rwy & crashed. At shreveport, LA, the wind was from 170 deg at 8 KTS. An investigation revealed that the owner of the acft had applied for a combination student plt license & class iii medical certificate on 4/5/78. However, on the same date, he failed to pass the medical exam due to a diabetic condition. Therefore, his student pilot certificate was never validated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2389Q
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-270
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louie G. Gantt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- runway 36, 2,000 × 100 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHV, 39 nm away
Other investigations on N2389Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.