- Date
- June 27, 1987, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5161MBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870627032189A
- Case key
- 25626
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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
During a cross country flt, the plt over flew the rwy once for a visual wind speed and direction check. During the first approach the acft was too high so the plt went around. On the second approach, during the flare, the acft stayed airborne down most of the rwy. When the acft did touchdown, the plt realized there was not sufficient rwy left to stop the acft, therefore, the plt made a fast turn onto a taxi-way. During the turn the right main landing gear collapsed, and the acft came to rest in a nose down configuration. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5161M
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M2039
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-AYK, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Madelon, Sr., Vincent P.
- Registered owner
- Madelon Sr., Vincent R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 1986 · 69 hours before
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Destination
- Q21 · Brownsville, CA
- Airport
- Q21 · Brownsville, runway 24, 2,550 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 829 total · 143 in this make and model · 143 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °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.