# NTSB NYC87DNC11: Beech C23, N6009S, Vergennes, VT, July 26, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1987, 15:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place: Vergennes, VT
- Location: 44.1917° N, 73.3587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BASIN HARBOR (B06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1917&lon=-73.3587&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DNC11
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30457/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC11

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF THE BEECH C23 HAD TAKEN OFF AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT DUE TO DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 20, BUT MADE A GO AROUND BECAUSE OF GUSTY WINDS. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND ON THE SAME RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WET 3000 FOOT GRASS STRIP WITH 1200 FEET OF RUNWAY REMAINING. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT TREES. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WIND SOCK WAS INDICATING THAT HE HAD LANDED DOWNWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6009S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2092
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Phillip E Railsback
- Registered owner: FAA Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: B06, Basin Harbor, runway 20, 3,000 × 95 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 118 total, 38 in this make and model, 80 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870726043339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870726043339A), Jul 26, 1987: Beech C23, Vergennes, VT, Substantial damage. Returned to departure point due to bad weather. Landed downwind. Overran runway and hit scrub brush and trees.

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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