# NTSB NYC87LA259: Beech 23, N2216L, Montpelier, VT, September 18, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1987, 16:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Montpelier, VT
- Location: 44.2035° N, 72.5621° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARD F KNAPP STATE (MPV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2035&lon=-72.5621&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30737
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA259
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30737/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA259

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M1809
- Airframe hours: 2806
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870918053519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870918053519A), Sep 18, 1987: Beech C23, Barre Montpelie, VT, Substantial damage. Bounced on solo landing. Lost control, veered off runway into 2 parked aircraft.

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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