# NTSB NYC08CA098: Beech 23, N2382J, Pineland, FL, February 10, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 10, 2008, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC) - Place: Pineland, FL - Coordinates: 26.603332, -82.219718 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6033&lon=-82.2197&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 67496 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA098 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67496/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA098 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing. Contributing was the gusting wind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 23, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=1151202), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Beech 23, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=1151202), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Beech 23, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md?model=1151202), [All aircraft, 224 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022000/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech 23, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=1151202), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Beech 23, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=1151202), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis As the Beech A23 crossed over the approach end of the turf runway, it was struck by a "powerful gust" that banked it steeply left. The pilot leveled the wings, and the airplane touched down angled about 10 degrees left of the runway heading. After rolling about 50 feet, the left wing tip contacted a bush, pivoting the airplane further left. The airplane then struck other brush partially separating the left wing from the fuselage. The pilot estimated that the winds during the landing approach were a 45- to 50-degree crosswind, at 13 knots, with gusts between 15 and 20 knots. ## Factual narrative The pilot of the Beech 23 stated that as the airplane crossed over the approach end of the 1,800-foot long by 130-foot wide turf runway, it was struck by a "powerful gust" that banked the airplane steeply left. The pilot leveled the wings, and the airplane touched down angled about 10 degrees left of the runway heading. After rolling about 50 feet, the left wing tip contacted a bush, pivoting the airplane further left. The airplane then struck other brush, partially separating the left wing from the fuselage. The pilot estimated that the winds during the landing approach were a 45- to 50-degree crosswind, at 13 knots, with gusts between 15 and 20 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2382J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2382J-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N M-345, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Beech 23 - Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: M-345 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: FMY, Fort Myers, FL - Destination: FL90, Pineland, FL - Airport: FL90, Salty Approach Airport, runway E, 1,800 × 130 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 78; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 3,948 total, 331 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 40° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.21 inHg - Observed at: FMY, 19 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 20080210010979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080210010979A), Feb 10, 2008: Beech 23, Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon landing on grass strip the left wing tip hit a sea grape bush causing the aircraft to turn 90 degrees to the left and slide while curving to the… ## Other investigations on N2382J (1) 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 LAX95LA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA333), Sep 11, 1995: Beech 23 (N2382J), Las Vegas, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The soft and rough nature of the terrain available for the forced landing was a factor in the accident. 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. 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