- Date
- November 25, 1991, 17:00 local (Nov 26, 1991, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Belen, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N783MCBeech C-12C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 18378
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to land at the proper touchdown point.
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
A CFI briefed his two rated pilots on the tasks, conditions and standards for a short field landing technique, and took the controls as the aircraft approached the airport to demonstrate a short field landing technique. According to the three pilots on board, the entire approach, including airspeed, rate of descent, and approach angle, appeared normal. Touchdown was made 22 inches short of the landing surface. Shortly after touching down, the right wing dipped and the pilot attempted to add power to execute a go-around. The right wing and propeller made contact with the ground, causing the airplane to veer to the right, eventually departing the runway. The right main landing gear had collapsed into the wheel well.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N783MC
- Reported as
- Beech C-12C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 73-22251
- Airframe hours
- 9,173
- Engine
- P&W PT6, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- U.S. Customs Service
- Registered owner
- U.S. Army
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 25, 1991 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- E80 · Alexander Muni, runway 3, 6,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificates
- Military, Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 700 in this make and model · 6,500 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg