- Date
- February 19, 1995, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Warwick, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9795LBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950219002099A
- Case key
- 38921
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Probable cause
the pilot allowed the airplane to get too low on the approach, during a simulated engine out landing, which resulted in impacting high bushes, and landing short 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
According to the pilot, he was 'attempting a simulated engine-out' landing to runway 21. The pilot reported that he lined up to the right of the center of the runway and as he attempted to correct, the left wing 'caught the top of some bushes that were short of the runway.' The nose gear was damaged and the right main gear separated during the impact sequence. The airplane bounced onto the runway.
Factual narrative
On February 20, 1995, at about 1630 eastern standard time, a Beech C23, N9795L, piloted by Richard A. Bennett, collided with the terrain while landing at Warwick, New York. The pilot received minor injuries, and the passenger was not injured. The airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91.
According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2, he was "attempting a simulated engine-out" landing to runway 21. The pilot wrote:
I found myself to the right of the center of the runway and as I attempted to correct, my left wing caught the top of some bushes that were short of the runway.
The nose gear was damaged and the right main gear separated during the impact sequence. The airplane bounced onto the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9795L
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1400
- Airframe hours
- 2,340
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Linway Associates Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1994 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- N07 · Lincoln Park, NJ
- Destination
- N72 · NY
- Airport
- N72 · Warwick Municipal, runway 21, 2,150 × 35 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 353 total · 286 in this make and model · 259 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.