- Date
- July 27, 2007, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wallkill, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N435ABeech 65-A90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070727016299A
- Case key
- 66364
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following an uneventful flight, the pilot overflew the destination airport and observed no apparent wind speed or direction on the windsock. The airplane approached the runway fast, and landed "very hard," separating the right main landing gear from the airplane in the process. The airplane bounced, veered off the right side of the runway, and the left main landing gear collapsed, before the airplane came to rest. The operator did not report any preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.
Factual narrative
According to the operator of the Beech 65-A90, following an uneventful flight the pilot overflew the destination airport and observed no apparent wind speed or direction on the windsock. After the airplane flew over trees and "dropped down" to approach the runway, it was "a little fast and had a very hard landing." The right main landing gear separated from the airplane before it bounced back into the air. The airplane continued down the runway on the left main and nose landing gear. The pilot shut down both engines as the airplane veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane then began moving "sideways," and the left main landing gear collapsed before the airplane came to rest. The operator did not report any preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N435A
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-229
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-20, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pleasure Leasing LTD
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3C8 · Calverton, NY
- Destination
- N45 · Wallkill, NY
- Airport
- N45 · Kobelt Airport, runway 3, 2,864 × 50 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
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 2,660 total · 861 in this make and model · 53 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- MGJ, 8 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.