- Date
- August 2, 1986, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6637EBeech C24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860802087009A
- Case key
- 30404
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.
Analysis
The Beech 24R pilot noticed a build-up of a substance on the windshield. He also experienced a problem controlling the propeller. He said upon landing he could not judge forward visibility and flared high (30-40 ft). The pilot reported that the aircraft bounced once. There was no damage to the aircraft. The FAA found a failed fitting on the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6637E
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC 692
- Airframe hours
- 1,950
- Engine
- Lycoming I0360A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Centerline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Centerline Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Destination
- ACK · Nantucket, MA
- Airport
- HFD · Hartford, runway 20, 4,418 × 150 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,671 total · 123 in this make and model · 1,456 as pilot in command · 195 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 27.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.