- Date
- May 23, 1982, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- California City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6237GBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820523018649A
- Case key
- 70098
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Stall - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
The pilot stated that on short final the airspeed decreased quickly from 60 to 40 knots and the aircraft stalled over the runway dropping approximately 30 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6237G
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2352
- Airframe hours
- 130
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beechcraft West
- Registered owner
- Beechcraft West
- Departed
- BFL · Bakersfield, CA
- Destination
- Albany, OR
- Airport
- L71 · California City, runway 6, 6,035 × 55 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 332 total · 35 in this make and model · 232 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.