- Date
- March 1, 1986, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vega, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6110XBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860301005569A
- Case key
- 22117
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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 acft landed hard following a simulated short field landing over an obstacle. Power was reduced as the acft cleared the imaginary obstacle but there was a slight delay in lowering the nose to maintain airspeed. The acft was flared at a high sink rate without power and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6110X
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2347
- Airframe hours
- 1,288
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tradewind Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1985
- Departed
- TDW · Amarillo, TX
- Destination
- TDW · Amarillo, TX
- Airport
- E52 · Oldham, runway 17, 4,200 × 60 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,466 total · 10 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6110X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.