- Date
- September 18, 1987, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Montpelier, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2216LBeech 23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870918053519A
- Case key
- 30737
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Analysis
During a landing, the aircraft bounced and the student pilot attempted to correct the situation. However, the aircraft touched down and bounced again, then became uncontrollable. Subsequently, it veered off the left side of the runway and hit a parked Cessna 172.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2216L
- Reported as
- Beech 23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1809
- Airframe hours
- 2,806
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vermont Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 10, 1986 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- MPV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MPV · Knapp State, runway 17, 5,005 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 11 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MPV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.