Beechcraft C23 N18961
26 July 1998 · Avalon, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 July 1998 at about 20:10 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N18961 was involved in an accident near Avalon, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Avalon, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Catalina (AVX)
- Coordinates
- 33.3798, -118.4491
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft C23
- Registration
- N18961
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Carlsbad → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX98LA248
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain an adequate airspeed during the landing, which resulted in a stall/mush and hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot was on final approach for runway 22, with 15 degrees of flaps and 70-75 knots of airspeed. He intended to land about 200 feet beyond the runway numbers, but as he approached the numbers, the nose of the aircraft seemed to suddenly stop and begin to drop. He stated that before he was able of apply power, the aircraft hit the runway and the left main landing gear and nose wheel collapsed. The aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway. The winds were from 270 degrees at 12-15 knots. The pilot reported that he had not experienced any mechanical malfunction with the aircraft prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft C23 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 1998 | Beechcraft C23 | Tulare, California, United States | Kern Charter Service | No injuries | - |
| 31 Dec 1998 | Beechcraft C23 | Furnace Creek, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1998 | Beechcraft C23 | North Platte, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Aug 1997 | Beechcraft C23 | Terlingua, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Jul 1999 | Beechcraft C23 | Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 8 Nov 1997 | Beechcraft C23 | Corona, California, United States | Air Accord | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1998 | Cessna 152 | Avalon, California, United States | Orange County Flight Center | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Oct 1998 | Grumman TS-2A | Banning, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 Aug 1998 | North American NAVION | Salinas, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Aug 1998 | Bell 206B | Salinas, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 1998 | Robinson R22B | Ramona, California, United States | Civic Helicopters | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 1998 | Aerospatiale SA316B | Porterville, California, United States | U.s. Dept. of the Interior | No injuries | - |