- Date
- July 5, 1990, 12:12 local (16:12 UTC)
- Place
- Allaire, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24630Beech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900705027069I
- Case key
- 36680
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare for the landing.
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 pilot departed and then returned to the departure airport due to deteriorating weather conditions. He saw men and equipment near his touchdown spot and momentairly stopped his descent. He said the elevator felt mushy as he continued the descent, and when he tried to flare, the aircraft dropped 2-3 feet to the runway. The lower strut on the right main landing gear separated and the aircraft settled to the right, veered off the runway and went down an embankment, collapsing the remaining landing gear. A witness reported that he saw the aircraft 20-30 feet above the runway in a nose high attitude, rolling left and right; however, he said he did not see the touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24630
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1447
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Merrill
- Registered owner
- Monmouth Area Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BLM · Farmingdale, NJ
- Destination
- N54 · Langhorn, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BLM · Allaire, runway 32, 7,017 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 20 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.