Beechcraft 23 N2382L

Summary

On 11 February 1998 at about 19:45 local time, a Beechcraft 23 registered N2382L was involved in an accident near Colorado Sprngs, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 February 1998 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Colorado Sprngs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Colorado Springs Muni (COS)

Coordinates

38.8909, -104.6996

Aircraft

Beechcraft 23

Registration

N2382L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW98LA128

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadvertent porpoise during landing roll. A factor was the ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings on runway 17R. Winds were reported from 180 degrees at 6 knots. While performing his second landing, he initiated a side slip to compensate for a slight right crosswind. Upon landing, the aircraft porpoised, then exited the left side of the runway, impacting a ditch. The pilot reported he believed the nose wheel had turned to the left due to the left rudder input, causing the aircraft to depart to the left side of the runway. However, according to the Raytheon Aircraft Company, the aircraft manufacturer, the Beech 23 was designed without nose wheel steering. The wheel casters and is moved only by utilization of the breaks and remains in a neutral position during flight, continually aligned with the fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.