Beechcraft C23 N9352S
29 August 2016 · Simsbury, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 August 2016 at about 22:00 local time, a Beechcraft C23 registered N9352S was involved in an accident near Simsbury, Connecticut, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Simsbury, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Simsbury (4B9)
- Coordinates
- 41.9131, -72.7781
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft C23
- Registration
- N9352S
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1975
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Meriden → Simsbury
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA16CA308
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot reported that he was preparing for his private pilot check ride, and after about 90 minutes of flying, he approached the airport and entered the traffic pattern for runway 21, a 2,205-ft-long runway. The student pilot added that, while established on "short final," he chose to perform a go-around because he was not "comfortable" with the approach. On the second landing attempt, the airplane floated past the intended touchdown point before landing on the runway, and the student pilot was unable to stop the airplane before it went off the departure end. Subsequently, the airplane struck a perimeter fence and an embankment, which resulted in the nose landing gear collapsing and substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. The student pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The winds reported at an airport 4 miles east of the accident location were from 320° at 7 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft C23 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2016 | Beechcraft C23 | Waianae, Hawaii, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Mar 2016 | Beechcraft C23 | Frenchville, Maine, United States | Maine Instrument Flight | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 2016 | Beechcraft C23 | Osage Beach, Missouri, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 18 Jun 2016 | Beechcraft C23 | Prescott, Arizona, United States | Parker Joyce A | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 May 2016 | Beechcraft C23 | Yucca Valley, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 May 2016 | Beechcraft C23 | Delano, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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