- Date
- January 2, 2008, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brunswick, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N724BBBeech A36
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20080102014419A
- Case key
- 67352
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor in the accident was the wind gust.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During landing on runway 34, a 3,313 foot-long and 75-foot wide asphalt runway, the pilot of the Beech A36 airplane encountered a wind gust, which he estimated to be about 40 knots. The airplane then bounced on the runway and the landing gear collapsed, substantially damaging the right wing. The wind reported at the airport, 8 minutes after the accident, was from 300 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 24 knots.
Factual narrative
During landing on runway 34, a 3,313 foot-long and 75-foot wide asphalt runway, the pilot of the Beech A36 airplane encountered a wind gust, which he estimated to be about 40 knots. The airplane then bounced on the runway and the landing gear collapsed, substantially damaging the right wing. The wind reported at the airport, 8 minutes after the accident, was from 300 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 24 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N724BB
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-3151
- Airframe hours
- 1,537
- Engine
- Continental IO-550, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- BK Corporation
- Registered owner
- BK Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · May 1, 2007
- Departed
- Long Island
- Destination
- SSI · Brunswick, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SSI · Malcolm McKinnon Airport, runway 34, 3,313 × 75 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
- 81
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,040 total · 3,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.37 inHg
- Observed at
- SSI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.