- Date
- July 18, 1982, 20:50 local (Jul 19, 1982, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6022UBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820718050119A
- Case key
- 72239
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot misjudged his flare and made a hard landing. Sebsequently, the aircraft bounced and came down on right gear which broke off and the aircraft then skidded to a stop on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6022U
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-2157
- Airframe hours
- 1,925
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allegheny Beechcraft
- Registered owner
- Allegheny Beechcraft
- Departed
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Destination
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport
- Allegheny Co. Airport, runway 28, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N6022URegistration cancelled May 23, 2026 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 2 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 234° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.