- Date
- April 4, 1991, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- New Haven, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7QGBeech 56TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910404012049A
- Case key
- 36899
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control after the nose wheel steering system failed.
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
After practicing a simulated right engine out approach, the pilot brought both engines to idle power settings and continued his approach to land on runway 20. During the landing and rollout, directional control was not maintained. The airplane rolled left of the runway centerline and departed the runway hitting a sign and collapsing the nose gear. Examination of the nose gear assembly revealed severe impact damage from the sign. Examination of the nose gear steering collar revealed three attached bolts were sheared. The investigation did not determine the failure mode of these bolts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7QG
- Reported as
- Beech 56TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TG-56
- Airframe hours
- 2,541
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1B4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph J. Markson, doing business as Weather Corp.
- Registered owner
- Ralph J. Markson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- HBN · Tweed New Haven, runway 2, 5,600 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,839 total · 973 in this make and model · 3,718 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °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.