- Date
- July 31, 1985, 09:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kamuela, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2354ZBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850731076249A
- Case key
- 24786
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Analysis
On July 31, 1985, a Beech BE-23 operated by a student pilot, crashed during an attempted go-around at the waimea-kohala airport in Hawaii. The acft sustained substantial damage and the plt received minor injuries. The plt indicated he had not used full flaps in this acft before this flight. During the go-around maneuver, after bouncing two or three times, he obtained an altitude of 30 feet and stalled the acft. He reported no mechanical malfunction or failures with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2354Z
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M332
- Airframe hours
- 4,081
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Maui Aero Corp,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1985 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- MUE · Kamuela, HI
- Airport
- MUE · Kamuela, runway 4, 5,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 9 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MUE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2354Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.