Beechcraft C23 N6664N

Summary

On 28 August 2008 at about 00:00 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N6664N, operated by The Flight Center Inc, was involved in an accident near Grayslake, Illinois, United States. 2 people were 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

28 August 2008 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Grayslake, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Campbell Airport (C81)

Coordinates

42.3247, -88.0742

Aircraft

Beechcraft C23

Registration

N6664N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

The Flight Center Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wheeling → Wheeling

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI08LA273

Nobody was injured.

The inadequate flare by the student pilot and the inadequate supervision and delayed go-around performed by the flight instructor. Contributing to the accident were the student pilot's failure to attain/maintain a stabilized approach.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane experienced a hard landing during a student pilot instructional flight. The student pilot had performed two landings at the accident airport before attempting a third landing. During the third landing attempt, the airplane had a high descent rate while on final approach. The flight instructor stated that he repeatedly told the student to check the vertical speed indicator while the airplane was between final and short final. The student pilot said that before the airplane landed, the flight instructor did not say anything when engine power was reduced to idle, which resulted in the airplane slowing too much and dropping.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.