# NTSB MIA00LA155: Beech 18, N6082, Monroe, NC, May 14, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 2000, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Coordinates: 35.070518, -80.519332 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0705&lon=-80.5193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49185
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49185/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA155

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an attempted go-around, resulting in a loss of directional control, and subsequent collapse of the left main landing gear after the airplane departed the runway.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, go-around (vfr)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

The airplane bounced on landing and started to swerve on the landing roll. The pilot attempted a go-around. The left engine hesitated and the right engine developed power. The pilot lost directional control, the airplane went off the left side of the runway and collapsed the left main landing gear.

## Factual narrative

On May 14, 2000, at about 1600 eastern daylight time, a Beech 18, N6082, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced a loss of control on-ground while attempting a go-around at Monroe Airport, Monroe, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Pell City, Alabama, about 2 hours 15 minutes before the accident.

The pilot stated he entered the traffic pattern for a left downwind to runway 05. The airplane bounced on landing, and the airplane started to swerve on landing rollout. He applied power to make a go-around. The left engine hesitated and the right engine developed power. He lost directional control, the airplane went off the left side of the runway and the left main landing gear collapsed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6082](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6082), registered now, S/N 45-1207, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 18
- Registry model: [Beech C-45](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45) (registry code 1150904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 45-1207
- Engines: P&W R985-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harold Ibele
- Registered owner: John M Stone
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 2, 1999
- Departed: PLR, PELL CITY, AL
- Destination: EQY
- Airport: EQY, Monroe Municipal, runway 5, 5,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,302 total, 37 in this make and model, 1,230 as pilot in command, 220 in the last 90 days, 69 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLT, 26 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 20000514012559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000514012559A), May 14, 2000: Beech C45, Monroe, NC, No damage. (-23) Winds were light and sky conditions clear when the pilot attempted to land the conventional geared tailwheel twin Beech airplane on a dry runway 05 at…

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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