- Date
- June 13, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Braunfels, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2091CBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850613024619A
- Case key
- 21773
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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
The instructer pilot and student single engine rated pilot were practicing single eng full stop landings. The acft was on final apch with the right eng shut down and the prop feathered. A vehicle was observed near the rwy. The instructor directed a go-around. The student applied power to the left eng and the acft entered a VMC roll. The instructor pulled off power and stopped the roll. The acft contacted the terrain on the gear, bounced, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2091C
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD-278
- Airframe hours
- 4,783
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John E. Thiel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1984 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- 3R5 · New Braunfels, TX
- Airport
- 3R5 · New Braunfels Municipal, runway 35, 5,370 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,727 total · 215 in this make and model · 1,496 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.