- Date
- December 30, 1985, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dubuque, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67248Beech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851230066299A
- Case key
- 34120
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft landed on runway 13 because the n-s runway was covered with ice. The wind was from 220 degrees at 16, gusts to 24 knots. The aircraft bounced twice during the landing and drifted left. The aircraft encountered snow along the left side of the runway, continued off the left side and hit a snowbank. According to the handbook for the Beech C23 the demonstrated crosswind component is 17 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67248
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2392
- Airframe hours
- 897
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elliott Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1985
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Airport
- DBQ · Dubuque Municipal, runway 13, 6,498 × 150 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 286 total · 26 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DBQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N67248 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.