- Date
- June 13, 1983, 20:58 local (Jun 14, 1983, 03:58 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7927LBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830613027669A
- Case key
- 23748
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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.
Analysis
The cross country flt was made later than the pilot intended. The pilot had never landed this model acft on a dark night at a high density alt arpt. The pilot reported that things were happening a lot faster than he was accustomed to. By the time he saw the rwy it was too late to flare. The acft landed hard and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7927L
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-114
- Airframe hours
- 3,113
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Casey & P. Kraetzer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1982 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- HMT · Hemet, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PRC · Love Field, runway 29, 4,402 × 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 40 in this make and model · 91 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.