- Date
- March 27, 1997, 15:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Bessemer, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N300JLBeech A23-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970327012039A
- Case key
- 38232
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Probable cause
the student pilot's misjudged landing flare and the CFI's inadequate supervision by not taking timely remedial action.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the certified flight instructor (CFI), he and a pre-solo student pilot were performing touch-and-go landings. The CFI stated that the student landed the airplane 'with a side load on the right main [landing] gear. The wheel separated from the gear, and the CFI said, 'we flew the aircraft off with no wheel, I surveyed the damage and landed safely in the grass.' The airplane nosed down and the right wing impacted the ground.
Factual narrative
On March 27, 1997, about 1505 central standard time, a Beech A23-19, N300JL, registered to Producing Faith Church Inc., crashed during a landing near Bessemer, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 local instructional flight. The commercial-rated pilot and student pilot were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged.
According to the certified flight instructor (CFI), he and a pre-solo student pilot were performing touch-and-go landings. The CFI stated that the student landed the airplane "with a side load on the right main [landing] gear. The wheel separated from the gear, and the CFI said, "we flew the aircraft off with no wheel, I surveyed the damage and landed safely in the grass." The airplane's nose and right wing impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300JL
- Reported as
- Beech A23-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-134
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Producing Faith Church Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2A3
- Airport
- Bessemer, runway 5, 5,700 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,162 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,041 as pilot in command · 177 in the last 90 days · 86 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.