- Date
- April 27, 1985, 11:38 local (19:38 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6041XBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427023029I
- Case key
- 24561
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While ldg with a left quartering tailwind the student plt bounced the acft. He failed to go around as he had been instructed to do, & after the acft bounced 2 more times its nose gear collapsed. Damage to the acft was minor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6041X
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-656
- Airframe hours
- 580
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard Kirkorian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985
- Departed
- 1131
- Destination
- 3
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- FAT · Fresno Air Terminal, runway 29, 3,902 × 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.