- Date
- April 26, 1981
- Place
- Bedford, MA · BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N804YBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810426020399A
- Case key
- 126272
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0911 81/4/26 BEDFORD,MA BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1720 N804Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANSCOM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ALTN STATIC SEL IN ALTN PSN,AIRSPEED INDCD 4KTS HI IN ALTN PSN.APRX 122LBS OVR MAX WT LMT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N804Y
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hanscom Field
N804YRegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.