- Date
- November 18, 1989, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Reedley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3551RBeech A23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891118045799A
- Case key
- 26689
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper recovery from a bounce landing.
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
The pilot took off from runway 33 for the purpose of practicing takeoffs and landings. On the pilot's third attempted landing, the aircraft bounced hard, ballooned and bounced two additional times. The aircraft's nose gear collapsed, and the aircraft veered off the runway and collided with a hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3551R
- Reported as
- Beech A23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M723
- Engine
- Continental IO-346-A, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven R. Hurd
- Departed
- 032
- Destination
- 032 · Reedley, CA
- Airport
- 032 · Reedley Muni, runway 33, 3,300 × 50 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 17 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N3551R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.