# NTSB MIA08CA153: Beech C23, N9194S, Winter Haven, FL, August 3, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 3, 2008, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC) - Place: Winter Haven, FL - Coordinates: 28.062778, -81.753334 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0628&lon=-81.7533&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 22, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 68580 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA153 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68580/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA153 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech C23, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech C23, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=1151242), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis During the second landing of the student pilot's second solo flight, the airplane bounced and the student applied forward elevator control input. The airplane landed on the nose landing gear, which collapsed and initiated a fire that destroyed the airplane. There was no reported preimpact failure or malfunction of the airplane or its systems. ## Factual narrative The student pilot flew 1.4 hours earlier that day with his CFI, then departed on his second solo flight to practice landings. The first full-stop taxi back landing reportedly resulted in the airplane porpoising slightly. The student departed to perform another landing, which according to the operator, resulted in a bounced landing. The student reportedly applied forward elevator control input resulting in collapse of the nose landing gear, and subsequent fire which destroyed the airplane. There was no reported preimpact failure or malfunction of the airplane or its systems. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9194S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9194S-2011-08-19), registration cancelled 2011-08-19, S/N M-1678, built 1975 (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-1678 - Airframe hours: 4159.7 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A4K 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Tailwheels Etc Inc. - Registered owner: Stanley Toy - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 2008 - Departed: GIF, Winter Haven, FL - Destination: GIF, Winter Haven, FL - Airport: GIF, Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport, runway 11, 4,001 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 17; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 33 total, 33 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.03 inHg - Observed at: GIF ## 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 20080803855579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803855579A), Aug 3, 2008: Beech C23, Winter Haven, FL, Destroyed. Student pilot on second supervised solo used improper technique to recover from bounced landing. Repeated nose wheel first bounces caused nose gear to fail.… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.