Beechcraft 58 N858PR

Summary

On 27 March 2010 at about 12:15 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N858PR, operated by Golpa Gadoda, was involved in an accident near Naples, Florida, 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

27 March 2010 at 12:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Naples, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Naples Municipal Airport (APF)

Coordinates

28.1025, -80.6450

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N858PR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Golpa Gadoda

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Melbourne → Naples

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA191

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper flare while landing, resulting in a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Upon arrival at his destination after an instrument-flight-rules flight, the pilot was cleared for a very-high frequency omnidirectional radio range approach to runway 5. The pilot encountered visual conditions at 400 feet. He flared the airplane high and fast and the airplane touched down hard on the runway and bounced. The airplane touched back down on the runway and began to porpoise. The nosewheel then sheared off and the airplane continued down the runway until it came to a complete stop. Both wings were wrinkled to their wing root and the cabin area was buckled. The pilot stated that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane and that he simply "rounded out" too high and made a hard landing, resulting in the nose landing gear shearing off the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.