- Date
- May 8, 1988, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lyons, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7982LBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880508071259A
- Case key
- 36144
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Probable cause
Pilot failed to maintain airspeed during his go around.
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 aircraft crashed during a landing go around at the pilot's private airstrip. He stated that he missed the first approach and on the go around the aircraft stalled, failed to gain altitude and crashed in the field. Witnesses stated the pilot had made several attempts to land prior to the accident. They also stated the pilot was attempting to land to the north with winds blowing from a southerly direction at 10 to 15 mph.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7982L
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA-144
- Airframe hours
- 29
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald Belcher
- Registered owner
- Gerald C Belcher
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1988
- Departed
- AAV · Ashland, OH
- Destination
- Lyons, NY
- Airport
- Lyons/Belcher Airstrip
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 457 total · 11 in this make and model · 417 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7982L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.