- Date
- November 24, 2005, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Holbrook, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6005XBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20051124028459A
- Case key
- 62927
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Probable cause
The student pilot's abrupt flare and failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall. The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight was also causal.
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 airplane collided with the runway while practicing a touch-and-go landing. The flight instructor stated he and the student pilot were performing a touch-and-go landing at the time of the accident. About 10-15 feet above the runway the student made an abrupt pitch change, stalled the airplane, and collided with the runway. The left main landing gear broke and the tail of the aircraft was damaged.
Factual narrative
On November 24, 2005, about 0915 mountain standard time, a Beech C23, N6005X, made a hard landing at Holbrook Municipal Airport, Holbrook, Arizona. The student pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and the student pilot were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local instructional flight departed from Holbrook Airport about 0900. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
In a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board, the CFI stated he and the student pilot were performing a touch-and-go at the time of the accident. About 10-15 feet above the runway the student made an abrupt pitch change, stalled the airplane, and made a hard landing. The left main landing gear broke and the tail of the aircraft was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6005X
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2126
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Lamb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- P14 · Holbrook, AZ
- Destination
- P14 · Holbrook, AZ
- Airport
- P14 · Holbrook Municipal Airport, runway 3, 6,698 × 75 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2004
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,923 total · 13 in this make and model · 2,923 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °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 N6005X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.