# NTSB NYC00LA059: Beech BE-23, N1452L, Blacksburg, VA, December 18, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1999, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Blacksburg, VA
- Coordinates: 37.230785, -80.419906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2308&lon=-80.4199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 23, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 48401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48401/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA059

## Probable cause

The pilot in command's failure to recover from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - collapsed

## Analysis

The airplane touched down hard, and began to bounce.  After the third bounce, the nose gear collapsed.

## Factual narrative

On December 18, 1999, about 1630, a Beech BE-23, N1452L, was substantially damaged while landing at the Virginia Tech Airport, Blacksburg, Virginia.  The certificated commercial pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.

According to the pilot he was landing on Runway 30, a 4,550 foot long asphalt runway.  The airplane touched down hard, and began to bounce.  After the third bounce, the nose gear collapsed.  The airplane came to rest on the runway and a fire ensued, which was quickly extinguished by airport personnel.

The winds reported by the airport, at 1620, were from 120 degrees at 6 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1452L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1452L-2012-08-01), registration cancelled 2012-08-01, S/N M-847, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech BE-23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-346 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-346-series) (registry code 17033, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M847
- Airframe hours: 2406
- Engines: Continental IO-346 165 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Dee J. Danner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 11, 1999, 1 hours before
- Departed: PSK, DUBLIN, VA
- Destination: BCB
- Airport: BCB, Virginia Tech Airport, runway 30, 4,550 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 373 total, 40 in this make and model, 324 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BCB

## 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 19991218040649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991218040649A), Dec 18, 1999: Beech A23, Blacksburg, VA, No damage. (-23) On December 18, 1999, at Virginia Tech (bcb) Blacksburg, Virginia, while approaching to land, the aircraft bounced 3 (three) times and then came down…

## Other investigations on N1452L (2)

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.

- [NTSB CHI70DGD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70DGD11), Jun 27, 1970: Beech A-23 (N1452L), Toledo, OH, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI66D0597](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0597), Mar 2, 1966: Beechcraft 23 (N1452L), Toledo, OH, substantial damage

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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