- Date
- July 16, 1991, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9723QBeech C-23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910716027569A
- Case key
- 36928
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed that would preclude a stall. Contributing to the accident was the opened door.
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
During the takeoff roll, the main cabin door opened and the aircraft returned for landing. The pilot stated that while in the traffic pattern, the airspeed was fast considering the flap setting and back pressure he had applied. He stated that in the landing flare, when he applied additional back pressure, the aircraft descended uncontrollably. The aircraft impacted the runway, nosewheel and propeller struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9723Q
- Reported as
- Beech C-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1305
- Airframe hours
- 1,605
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- W. Edward & Nancy J. Langdon
- Registered owner
- W. Edward & Nancy J. Langdon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1990 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- HTW · Lawrence County, runway 26, 3,000 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 45 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 55 °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.