# NTSB NYC83LA151: Beech A24R, N8040R, Montauk, NY, June 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 24, 1983, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Montauk, NY
- Coordinates: 41.040466, -71.939292 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0405&lon=-71.9393&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35209
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35209/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA151

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8040R-2014-07-15), registration cancelled 2014-07-15, S/N MC-35, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Beech A24R
- Registry model: [Beech A24R](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a24r) (registry code 1151252) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: MC-35
- Airframe hours: 3100
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830624051989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830624051989I), Jun 24, 1983: Beech A24R, Montauk, NY, Minor damage. Struck a sand dune on short final. Impact severed the nose gear. Airplane slid nose down onto runway.

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.

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