# NTSB LAX84LA388: Beech C-23, N1962L, Chandler, AZ, July 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.320659, -111.869461 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3207&lon=-111.8695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA388
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24338/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA388

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST SOLO FLT. HE REPORTED THAT THE ACFT BOUNCED DURING A LANDING, THEN 'STARTED TO HEAD OFF TO THE LEFT.' HE REPORTED THAT HE 'CAME IN WITH POWER & RUDDER' BUT THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY & HIT A MOUND OF DIRT & A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1962L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1962L), registered now, S/N M-1838, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (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-1472
- Airframe hours: 843
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Beech Aero Club
- Registered owner: Boharm I Group
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 28, 1984, 72 hours before
- Airport: P10, Chandler Municipal, runway 22, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 100 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840710059569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840710059569A), Jul 10, 1984: Beech 23BEECH, Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Student tried to correct a swerve after landing. Became airborne drifted off side of runway and hit a fence.

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.

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