# NTSB MKC88LA066: Beech 23, N4704J, Fulton, MO, March 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1988, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Fulton, MO
- Coordinates: 38.850296, -91.949333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8503&lon=-91.9493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34551
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34551/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA066

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,main gear - separation
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - aborted
  - flight control,stabilator - distorted (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - emergency

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING A CROSSWIND LANDING, THE ACFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT LDG GEAR FAILED AND THE WHEEL STRUCK THE AFT SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE, THEN THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR. THE PIC THEN APPLIED FULL POWER, BECAME AIRBORNE AND ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION FOR A LANDING ON ANOTHER RUNWAY. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT FLYING PROPERLY, AND AFTER ABOUT 270 DEGREES OF TURN BELOW TREE TOP LEVEL, HE LANDED IN A CORN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. NEITHER PIC OR PAX SUFFERED ANY INJURIES, AND THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4704J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4704J-1995-10-25), registration cancelled 1995-10-25, S/N MA166 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MA-166
- Airframe hours: 1669
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A2B6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William L. Antweiler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 25, 1987, 11 hours before
- Departed: K24, COLUMBIA, MO
- Destination: FIT, FULTON, MO
- Airport: FIT, Fulton, runway 5, 3,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 77 total, 31 in this make and model, 37 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: COU, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880320007899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880320007899A), Mar 20, 1988: Beech 23BEECH, Fulton, MO, Substantial damage. Bounced, left runway, collapsed left gear. Wheel hit tail. Became airborne again. Unable to climb. Crash landed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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