- Date
- June 24, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montauk, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8040RBeech A24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830624051989I
- Case key
- 35209
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed short of the runway and collided with an embankment breaking the nose gear. The pilot stated the final approach was flown low and about 70 mph. At about 10-20 ft above the ground the acft started to sink and the pilotsaid he applied back pressure to the elevator. The acft touched down short of the runway and collided with an embankmentof sand which separated the nose gear from the acft and bent the prop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8040R
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-35
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pan American Aviation Inst.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- MTP · Montauk, NY
- Airport
- MTP · Montauk, runway 24, 3,500 × 85 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 30 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.