# NTSB NYC07CA185: Beech 65-A90, N435A, Wallkill, NY, July 27, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 27, 2007, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Wallkill, NY
- Coordinates: 41.627777, -74.133613
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6278&lon=-74.1336&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC07CA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA185

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N435A-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N LJ-229, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech 65-A90
- Registry model: [Beech 65-A90](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (registry code 1152908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (registry code 61501, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: LJ-229
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070727016299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070727016299A), Jul 27, 2007: Beech 65A90, Wallkill, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft touched down extremely hard, during landing on rwy 03 at N45, causing the right main gear torque link to break. Aircraft bounced back into air…

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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