# NTSB SEA94LA220: Beech 23, N2371Z, Everett, WA, August 24, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 24, 1994, 11:46 local (18:46 UTC) - Place: Everett, WA - Coordinates: 47.979118, -122.200187 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9791&lon=-122.2002&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 13, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 42007 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA94LA220 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42007/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA220 ## Probable cause THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND HIS INADEQUATE REMEDIAL ACTION. FACTORS INCLUDE A FENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUNWAY. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - fence (contributing factor) ## Analysis According to the pilot, the aircraft began to porpoise after a bounced landing, and he lost directional control while attempting to recover. As the aircraft began to depart the runway, the pilot attempted remedial action, but was unable to keep the aircraft from exiting the runway and impacting a fence. ## Factual narrative On August 24, 1994, at 1146 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Beech 23, N2371Z, impacted a fence during the landing roll at Paine Field, Everett, Washington. The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The solo instructional flight, which departed the same location about 10 minutes earlier, was operating in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation. According to the pilot, the aircraft began to porpoise after a bounced landing, and he lost directional control while attempting to recover. As the aircraft began to depart the runway, the pilot attempted remedial action, but was unable to keep the aircraft from exiting the runway and impacting a fence. Although the student pilot talked to the IIC by phone immediately after the accident, he would not return future calls, and did not return the NTSB Form 6120.1/2 that was mailed to him. A second 6120.1/2 was sent by certified mail, but was not able to be delivered by the U. S. Postal Service. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2371Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2371Z-2012-08-14), registration cancelled 2012-08-14, S/N M-74, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 23 - Registry model: [Beech 23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (registry code 1151202) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: M-74 - Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2C 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Conrad, Peter K. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport; Special, Experimental (Special); Standard, Normal - Airport: PAE, Paine Field, runway 34R, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn - Wind: 270° at 7 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F ## 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 19940824022989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940824022989A), Aug 24, 1994: Beech 23BEECH, Everett, WA, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Lost control. Veered off runway into a fence. ## Other investigations on N2371Z (2) 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. - [NTSB MIA70F0121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70F0121), Aug 25, 1969: Beech 23 (N2371Z), Camden, SC, substantial damage - [NTSB MIA66F0425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0425), Feb 6, 1966: Beechcraft 23 (N2371Z), Camden, SC, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.