# NTSB SEA87LA184: Beech C-23, N18832, Bremerton, WA, August 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1987, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Coordinates: 46.760025, -122.159057 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7600&lon=-122.1591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40692
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40692/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA184

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - touchdown - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON THE PILOTS THIRD TOUCH AND GO AN UNDERSHOOT OCCURRED DURING LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 1. VASI LIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THAT RUNWAY. THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY THE UNDERSHOOT OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N18832 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-23
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-1950
- Airframe hours: 1926
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4J 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: E.E. Stendahl
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Destination: PWT, BREMERTON, WA
- Airport: PWT, Bremerton Nat'L Arpt, runway 1, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 760 total, 102 in this make and model, 535 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWT

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870827066089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870827066089A), Aug 27, 1987: Beech C23, Bremerton, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to land short of the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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