# NTSB LAX08CA147: Beech B-23, N4026T, Bagdad, AZ, May 17, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 17, 2008, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Bagdad, AZ - Coordinates: 34.604167, -113.172775 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6042&lon=-113.1728&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 28, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 68046 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX08CA147 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68046/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA147 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to maintain runway alignment. Contributing factors were the gusty crosswind weather conditions and the rocky terrain adjacent to the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 184 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md) - [Airport facilities/design](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000): Environmental issues › Operating environment · Contributed to outcome (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech B23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000/cases.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 52 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03017000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech B23, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Approach-VFR go-around: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech B23, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151240), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot said he had just purchased the airplane in California and was returning to his home in Texas. He was in the landing flare when a gust of wind blew the airplane off the side of the runway. He attempted to go around, but the landing gear impacted some rocks on the left side of the runway. The outboard 10 feet of the right wing was wrinkled and compressed aft, and the bottom of the empennage was badly wrinkled and compromised. The airplane came to rest approximately 185 feet from the runway. The reported winds at Prescott, Arizona, located 37 nautical miles east of the accident airport, were from 350 degrees at 11 knots gusting to 17 knots. ## Factual narrative The pilot said he had just purchased the airplane in California and was returning to his home in Texas. He was landing when a gust of wind blew the airplane off the runway. He attempted to go around, but the landing gear impacted some rocks on the left side of the runway. The outboard 10 feet of the right wing was wrinkled and compressed aft, and the bottom of the empennage was badly wrinkled and compromised. The airplane came to rest approximately 185 feet from the runway. The reported winds at Prescott, Arizona, located 37 nautical miles east of the accident airport, were from 350 degrees at 11 knots gusting to 17 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N4026T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4026T-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N M-1132, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech B-23 - Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: M-1132 - Airframe hours: 4368 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A2G 180 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Raymond G. Hale - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Departed: TNP, Twenty Nine Pal, CA - Destination: E51, Bagdad, AZ - Airport: E51, Bagdad Airport, runway 23, 4,575 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 400 total, 20 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 350° at 11 knots, gusting 17 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 27 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: PRC, 37 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20080517834249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080517834249A), May 17, 2008: Beech B23, Bagdad, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On may 17, 2008, at approximately 1400 MST, N4026T, a Beech BE-23, with [privacy data omitted] performing as pilot-in-command, crashed while attempting… ## Other investigations on N4026T (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB OAK72FVW22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72FVW22), Jan 21, 1972: Beech B23 (N4026T), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.