- Date
- August 19, 1987, 20:00 local (Aug 20, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11249Beech RC-45J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870819075729A
- Case key
- 22423
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was practicing landings, almost to a full stop, when the accident occurred. He had asked a commercial pilot to accompany him on this flight. The plt stated that on the fourth landing the left main gear went slightly off the left edge of the runway and when the plt corrected, the aircraft seemed to jump or bounce and entered a skid to the right which was completely uncontrollable. After the accident the tail wheel was found in the unlocked position and was swiveled to a position for a hard right turn even though the locking pin was in the locked position. Apparently the tail wheel became unlocked during or after the third landing due to excess wear on the pin and/or the pin hole and became cocked so that directional control was lost when the tail wheel touched down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11249
- Reported as
- Beech RC-45J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23801
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank Bell
- Registered owner
- Jack A Sharpe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- T17 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- T17 · Weiser, runway 9, 3,467 × 40 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DWH, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.