- Date
- August 1, 1992, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- West Chester, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38CLBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920801028559A
- Case key
- 37189
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Probable cause
An encounter with windshear which resulted in the airplane landing hard and short of the runway. A factor related to the accident was the gusty wind conditions.
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
Gusty wind conditions prevailed when the airplane was on final approach and it encountered a wind shear. The pilot said he applied full power and rotated the nose up; however, he was unable to arrest the descent in time to prevent the airplane from touching down in a grassy area 10 feet short of the runway. The airplane then bounced into the air and came to rest on the runway with collapsed landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38CL
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH-829
- Airframe hours
- 4,797
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert C. Pod
- Registered owner
- Joseph J. Moggenburg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1992 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N99 · Brandywine, runway 27, 3,007 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,500 total · 55 in this make and model · 8,000 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.