- Date
- April 17, 1982, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Union, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24582Beech B-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820417014179A
- Case key
- 73013
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Analysis
The pilot was flying his newly purchased aircraft from cedar rapids, Iowa to West Union, Iowa. He had purchased the aircraft on the previous day and had received a checkout from the seller. The pilot reported that when he was on final approach, the aircraft settled 25 to 30 ft and he was unable to recover the altitude. The aircraft touched down 45 ft short of the runway on wet and muddy terrain. After touchdown, the nose gear hit the lip of the runway and collapsed. The wind was gusting to 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24582
- Reported as
- Beech B-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-590
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim Doyle
- Registered owner
- Jim Doyle
- Departed
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Destination
- West Union, IA
- Airport
- 3Y2 · George L. Scott Municipal, runway 35, 3,100 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 2 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.