- Date
- October 30, 1991, 19:02 local (Oct 31, 1991, 00:02 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6640RBeech C-45H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911030048219A
- Case key
- 33026
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Probable cause
Hard landing due to failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain the proper descent rate. Contributing to the accident was the turbulence encountered during the apch.
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
Two pax stated that the flt encountered turbulence during the apch. The acft landed hard & the lt main landing gear collapsed. The acft then yawed to the lt & the nose & rt main landing gears collapsed due to the sideload. Exam of the lt main landing gear assy revealed that the walking beam failed due to overstress which allowed the gear to collapse. Exam of the acft revealed that the rt eng separated in a downward direction. The lt eng was partially attached but deflected in a downward direction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6640R
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AF-511
- Airframe hours
- 16,000
- Engine
- P&W R-985, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cavanaugh, David
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1991 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- MYLS · Stella Maris, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood, runway 9, 5,276 × 100 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,270 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,196 as pilot in command · 391 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 1 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.
Other investigations on N6640R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.