# NTSB MIA87LA109: Beech A23, N8883M, Palatka, FL, March 15, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 15, 1987, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Location: 29.6580° N, 81.6901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALATKA MUNI/LT KAY LARKIN FLD (28J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6580&lon=-81.6901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31875
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31875/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA109

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE 'HAD TO MAKE DOWNWIND LANDING DUE TO TRAFFIC & DIRECTION FROM UNICOM OPERATOR. LANDING WAS FAST DUE TO DOWNWIND, BUT NOT HARD. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT WITH STALL WARNING BLOWING. PLANE GENTLY NOSED OVER & STOPPED AT THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ' A MECHANIC AT THE AIRPORT STATED THAT HE SAW THE ACFT LAND DOWNWIND AND BOUNCE ABOUT 4 TIMES BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8883M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8883M-2013-10-28), registration cancelled 2013-10-28, S/N M-632, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-346 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (registry code 17033, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M 632
- Airframe hours: 1450
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-346-A 165 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James Corwin
- Registered owner: Nancy O Carwin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 25, 1986, 8 hours before
- Departed: GRG, JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 28J, Larkin, runway 27, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 660 total, 660 in this make and model, 550 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 35 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 19870315008779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870315008779A), Mar 15, 1987: Beech A23, Palatka, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft bounced during a downwind landing, collapsing the nose gear.

## Other investigations on N8883M (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA99LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA115), Mar 28, 1999: Beech A23 (N8883M), Homestead, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots improper decision not to land straight ahead after sustaining a reported loss of engine power on initial take off climb with sufficient runway remaining, and improper recovery from a…

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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