- Date
- August 31, 1992, 12:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Griswold, CT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8737MBeech A24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920831034179A
- Case key
- 37225
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane which resulted in the airplane touching down short of the intended touchdown point, and collapsing the landing gear.
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 stated he encountered a crosswind while on short final, the airplane dropped and landed about 400 feet short of the runway which resulted in the landing gear collapsing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8737M
- Reported as
- Beech A24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-526
- Airframe hours
- 1,792
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Lapre
- Registered owner
- Robert Lapre
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Destination
- 5B4
- Airport
- 5B4 · Lakeside, runway 29, 2,520 × 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 344 in this make and model · 359 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 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.