- Date
- August 12, 1990, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N24698Beech BE-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900812033289A
- Case key
- 36713
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Probable cause
The CFI failed to maintain a safe sink rate resulting in an undershoot of the runway.
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
Returning from a practice session, the CFI declared a simulated engine out procedure. As the airplane entered a close left base, severe sink rate was encountered. The CFI was unable to recover from the sink rate and the airplane hit short of the runway. The airplane then slid onto the runway turning to the right and losing the right wing and nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24698
- Reported as
- Beech BE-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M1428
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-84G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Summit Crane Co
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1989
- Destination
- 22B
- Airport
- 22B · Johnny Cake, runway 1, 3,600 × 40 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,007 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,745 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °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.