- Date
- May 10, 1986, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sunnyside, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4841BBeech A23-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860510053269A
- Case key
- 40404
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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 completing several touch and goes, the pilot lost control of the aircraft on landing rollout due to a light gusting crosswind. The pilot was unable to avoid departing the runway to the left striking a four foot embankment collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4841B
- Reported as
- Beech A23-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MA223
- Airframe hours
- 2,238
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mary Arthur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1985
- Departed
- 1S5 · Sunnyside, WA
- Airport
- 1S5 · Sunnyside, runway 25, 3,400 × 60 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 72 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.