- Date
- June 6, 1993, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24693Beech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930606018859A
- Case key
- 33279
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper landing flare, which resulted in the aircraft bouncing and entering a porpoise maneuver. Contributing to the accident was his failure to recover from the bounced landing and perform a go-around.
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
The pilot stated that the aircraft floated during the landing flare and he lowered the nose slightly. The nose landing gear contacted the runway and the aircraft began to porpoise with the nose gear contacting the runway each time. On the third porpoise the nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24693
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1443
- Airframe hours
- 4,458
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon, Keith R.
- Registered owner
- Gordon, Keith R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 15, 1993 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Airport
- TPF · Peter O Knight, runway 21, 3,405 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 4 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 5 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.