- Date
- January 14, 1997, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lincolnton, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2236LBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970114000439A
- Case key
- 38202
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper use of flaps and failure to maintain airspeed during 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 student pilot stated she was making a full stop landing with full flaps. On touchdown the airplane bounced, became airborne, and touched down on the runway. The student pilot applied full power without raising the flaps. The airplane pitched nose up about 45 degrees, the right wing dropped, the airplane stalled, and collided with the taxiway.
Factual narrative
On January 14, 1997, about 1710 eastern standard time, a Beech C23, N2236L, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed during a go-around at the Lincolnton-Lincoln County Airport, Lincolnton, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot reported minor injuries. The flight originated from the Lincolnton-Lincoln County Airport, about 1 hour 15 minutes before the accident.
The student pilot stated she was attempting to make a full stop landing and had made two previous go-arounds. She remained in left closed traffic for runway 23. On downwind she performed the before landing check and lowered the flaps to 20 degrees, started a descent, turned base and lowered the flaps to the full down position. On touchdown the airplane bounced, became airborne again, and touched down on the runway. She immediately applied full power without raising the flaps. The airplane pitched nose up about 45 degrees, the right wing dropped, the airplane stalled, and collided with the taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2236L
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1887
- Airframe hours
- 3,089
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gail A. Pigg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1996 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- IPJ
- Airport
- IPJ · Lincolnton-Lincoln County, runway 23, 5,200 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 115 total · 60 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPJ, 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.