- Date
- July 24, 1999, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Seneca, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63TWBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990724041379A
- Case key
- 46949
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Probable cause
the pilot misjudged the flare, landed hard, bounced, departed the runway, which resulted in an impact with a ditch and embankment. A factor in this accident was the improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
After flying in the local area for about 30 minutes, the flight returned to the departure airport, and landed. The airplane impacted the runway, bounced twice, skidded off the left side of the runway, hit a ditch and embankment. The pilot attempted to make the takeoff with full flaps, but immediately retracted all the flaps when the aircraft would not climb.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 1999, about 1330 eastern daylight time, a Beech C23, N63TW, registered to N63TW LTD., was substantially damaged while landing at Oconee County Airport, Clemson, South Carolina. The private-rated pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed in the vicinity, and no flight plan had been filed. The local personal flight was being conducted in accordance with Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight had originated from the same airport, about 1300.
The pilot said that he had been flying in the local area for about 30 minutes. Upon return to the departure airport the airplane landed on runway 7, and bounced. The pilot added power to go around, the airplane lifted off the ground, and then settled back onto the runway. The airplane then departed the runway, and struck a ditch.
According to the FAA's report, "...the airplane impacted the runway, bounced twice, stalled and skidded off the left side of the runway, hit a ditch and embankment, came to rest near the departure end...the pilot used a poor recovery technique...[he] attempted to make the takeoff with full flaps, and immediately dumped all the flaps when the aircraft would not climb...."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63TW
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1762
- Airframe hours
- 1,764
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N63tw Ltd./Capital Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1999
- Departed
- CEU
- Airport
- CEU · Oconee County Regional, runway 7, 4,156 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 492 total · 5 in this make and model · 283 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 15 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.