# NTSB NYC00LA218: Beech BE-58, N58TZ, West Milford, NJ, August 6, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 6, 2000, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC) - Place: West Milford, NJ - Location: 41.1284° N, 74.3465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD LAKE (4N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1284&lon=-74.3465&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 9, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 49903 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA218 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49903/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA218 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare and touchdown, which resulted in a blown tire, and a continued loss of directional control during the landing roll. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - landing gear,tire - ruptured - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not possible - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - aircraft parked/standing ## Analysis After completing a practice VOR approach, the pilot circled to land. The airplane landed on centerline, with the nose cocked 40 to 45 degrees to the left. The left main landing gear tire blew, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, and into a parked airplane. ## Factual narrative On August 6, 2000, about 1130 Eastern Daylight Time, a Beech BE-58, N58TZ, was substantially damaged during a landing at Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1), West Milford, New Jersey. The certificated private pilot and the commercial pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed for the flight, between Essex County Airport (CDW), Caldwell, New Jersey, and West Milford. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot stated that she was in the left seat, and the commercial pilot was in the right seat, acting as a safety observer. The private pilot flew a full, practice VOR RWY 6 approach to the airport. Since the active runway was Runway 24 at the time, she broke off the approach close to the field, and flew a left, visual pattern. On final approach, the airplane was "on glideslope, lined up with the centerline, and my airspeed at blue line. On short final, the air became 'squirrely'," so she used rudder pedals to maintain centerline. As the airplane crossed the runway threshold, the pilot reduced power to idle. "The landing appeared a little hard," and unknown to the pilot at the time, the airplane's left main tire had blown. The pilot attempted to keep the airplane on the runway, but it veered off the left side, and struck a Cessna 182RG which was tied down in a parking space. According to a witness who was in his airplane at the hold short line at the time, the accident airplane made "s-turns" on the final approach Runway 24. "About 60 feet from the numbers, the aircraft pitched up, in what appeared to be an effort to flare the aircraft, estimated at 9 feet above the ground." The airplane then hit the ground on a 40- to 45-degree angle to the centerline, "so hard that it raised the dirt from the runway." The airplane bounced, and then landed with the left wheel on the grass and the right wheel on the runway. It veered to the left, and came to rest against a parked airplane. The private pilot stated that she had about 404 hours of total flight time, with 28 hours in make and model. The commercial pilot-safety observer had about 556 hours of total flight time, with about 64 hours in make and model. The airplane was not equipped with right seat brakes. Winds, recorded at an airport approximately 40 nautical miles to the south, about 15 minutes after the accident, were from 220 degrees true, at 8 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: N58TZ (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: Beech BE-58 - Category: Airplane - Serial number: TH-1758 - Airframe hours: 670 - Engines: Continental IO-550 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Oqr Aviation - Registered owner: Sharon L. Singer - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 3, 2000, 93 hours before - Departed: CDW, CALDWELL, NJ - Destination: 4N1 - Airport: 4N1, Greenwood Lake Airport, runway 24, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 404 total, 28 in this make and model, 226 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 8 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: MMU, 40 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 20000806012029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000806012029A), Aug 6, 2000: Beech 58, West Milford, NJ, No damage. (-23) Pilot induced, hard landing caused the left main gear tire to fail, prop struck the ground damaging the left wing and left side of the fuselage, this… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.