- Date
- October 15, 1994, 14:31 local (Oct 16, 1994, 00:31 UTC)
- Place
- Kahului, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60054Beech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941015035119A
- Case key
- 28964
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Probable cause
the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, improper in-flight decision, and his failure to attain the proper climb airspeed during the initial takeoff resulting in an inadvertent stall. The student pilot's lack of total experience, excessive final approach speed, and misjudging the initial flare altitude were factors in this accident.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings. On the last landing, the airplane bounced and pulled to the left. The student pilot failed to properly recover from the bounced landing and the airplane bounced on the second touchdown. The student pilot elected to take off, but the airplane's airspeed was too slow. The airplane stalled after it became airborne and struck the ground in a left wing down attitude. Examination of the left wheel brakes and tire showed no evidence of any wheel brake seizing or binding.
Factual narrative
On October 15, 1994, at 1431 hours Hawaii standard time, a Beech C-23, N60054, exited the left side of runway 05 and the left wing collided with the terrain at the Kahului Airport, Kahului, Hawaii. The student pilot was conducting a local solo visual flight rules instructional flight and was not injured. The airplane, owned and operated by Clark Enterprises, Inc., Lahaina, Hawaii, sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Kahului Airport at 1400 hours.
The student pilot reported in the aircraft accident report that he flew the approach between 80 and 85 knots. On initial touchdown, the airplane bounced and pulled to the left. Thinking that he may have had his foot on the left brake, the student pilot applied power to effect a recovery from the bounced landing. On the second touchdown, the airplane again pulled to the left. The student pilot applied power to execute a go-around, but the airplane's airspeed was too slow. The airplane stalled after it became airborne and struck the ground in a left wing down attitude.
The student pilot said that he examined the left wheel brakes and tire. The examination showed no evidence of any seizing or binding.
He also said that the surface winds were from 325 degrees between 8 and 10 knots. The surface winds reported by the airport traffic control tower personnel at 1437 hours were 320 degrees at 8 knots. The student pilot said that wake turbulence from the preceding airline jet departures on the nearly parallel runway (runway 02) may have caused the severe pull to the left.
The Beech C-23 Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH) shows that the recommended approach speed is 68 knots (78 mph).
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60054
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2128
- Airframe hours
- 795
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clark Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1994 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- OGG
- Airport
- OGG · Kahului Airport, runway 5, 4,990 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 21 in this make and model · 24 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OGG
FAA reports on this event · 1
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