# NTSB LAX88LA041: Beech C23, N37188, Fallbrook, CA, November 12, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 12, 1987, 10:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Fallbrook, CA
- Coordinates: 33.389423, -117.210891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3894&lon=-117.2109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25904/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN THE BEECH C23 AIRCRAFT. ON LANDING THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO AN EMBANKMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N37188](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N37188), registered now, S/N M-2263 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- 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-2263
- Airframe hours: 2895
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Oceanair Flight Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 21, 1987, 23 hours before
- Departed: L32, OCEANSIDE, CA
- Airport: L18, Fallbrook Comm Airpark, runway 18, 2,165 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 118 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: CRQ, 17 nm away

## 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 19871112064889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871112064889A), Nov 12, 1987: Beech C23, Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft porpoised on landing. Hard touchdown on nose gear second time nose gear collapsed. Veered off runway.

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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