# NTSB NYC86LA195: Beech A24R, N1RJ, Tunkhannock, PA, July 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 23, 1986, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Coordinates: 41.530696, -75.939407 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5307&lon=-75.9394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING A LANDING IN CALM WIND CONDITIONS, THE ACFT BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN & TOUCHED DOWN FURTHER DOWN THE 2000' RWY. THE PLT APPLIED BRAKES & 'DUMPED' THE FLAPS FOR MAX BRAKING, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE ACFT SLID OFF THE GRASS RWY & SUBSEQUENTLY WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR & DAMAGING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, PROP & ENG COWLING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1RJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1RJ-2013-06-12), registration cancelled 2013-06-12, S/N MC-99, built 1971 (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: MC99
- Airframe hours: 1283
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lawrence J. Kennedy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 18, 1986, 30 hours before
- Departed: AVP, AVCOA, PA
- Destination: 76N
- Airport: 76N, Skyhaven, runway 36, 2,000 × 300 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 209 total, 30 in this make and model, 146 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °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).

- [Accident 19860723035529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860723035529A), Jul 23, 1986: Beech A24R, Tunkhannock, PA, Substantial damage. Bounced porpoised landing. Ran off end runway over embankment. Collapsed nosed gear. Bent porp right main and cowl.

## Other investigations on N1RJ (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 NYC89FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA015), Oct 20, 1988: Beech A24R (N1RJ), Blue Bell, PA, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER VFR PROCEDURES, THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTIAN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED FOR THE ATTITUDE OF FLIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE CAUSING IT TO STALL AND COLLIDE WITH TREES AND A POWERLINE DURING RECOVERY.

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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