Piston Beechcraft Accidents 1/1/2024 through 1/11/2024
Official information from FAA and NTSB sources (unless otherwise noted). Editorial comments (contained in parentheses), year-to-date summary and closing comments are those of the author. All information is preliminary and subject to change. Comments are meant solely to enhance flying safety. Please use these reports to help you more accurately evaluate the potential risks when you make your own decisions about how and when to fly.
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New 2024 reports this week
1/1 2204Z (1604 local Monday afternoon): A Be23, landing at Mansfield, Louisiana, “burst into flames” and was “destroyed” after its nose gear collapsed. The two aboard report no injury. N9729L (M-1356) was a 1971 C23 Sundowner.
(“Landing/unknown”; “Airplane destroyed”)
1/5 1910Z (1410 local Friday afternoon): A Be36 “landed and a wheel fell off” at Lincoln Park, New Jersey. The Bonanza “went into the grass” incurring “unknown” damage. The solo pilot was not hurt. N12HJ (E-3990) is a 2013 G36. Bonanza
(“Wheel separation during landing”)
1/8 0010Z (2010 local Sunday night 1/7/24): A Be33 landed and its gear collapsed at Greenville, North Carolina. The two aboard were unhurt and airplane damage is “unknown”. N2YY (CD-933) is a 1965 35-C33 Debonair.
(“Gear collapse during landing”; “Night”)
1/10 2115Z (1515 local Wednesday afternoon): A Be35’s nose gear collapsed during the landing roll at St. Louis, Missouri. The pilot, alone in the Bonanza, was uninjured. Airplane damage is “unknown”. N861T (D-7507) is a 1964 S35 Bonanza.
(“Gear collapse during landing”)
1/10 2310Z (1710 local Wednesday afternoon): A Be33’s “door popped open on liftoff.” The pilot “attempted to set back down and ran off the end of the runway resulting in a nose gear failure,” at Tulsa, Oklahoma. The pilot, alone in the aircraft, was not hurt. Airplane damage is “unknown”. N7224L (CE-1057) is a recently sold 1985 F33A Bonanza.
(“Runway overrun/door open after liftoff/attempted to land on remaining runway/nose gear collapse”—most type experts teach flying a normal pattern when a door open after the airplane is airborne, then landing and securing the door).
There are no new 2024 NTSB reports this week
2024 SUMMARY
Reported Beechcraft piston mishaps, 2024:
Total reported: 5 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 0 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 5 reports
Operation at night: 1 report
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 0 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 0 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 1 report
BONANZA/BARON Series: 4 reports
By Aircraft Type
Be33 Debonair/Bonanza 2 reports
Be35 Bonanza 1 report
Be36 Bonanza 1 report
Environment
Operation in VMC: 0 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 4 reports
Operation at night: 1 report
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 0 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 0 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 0 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 0 reports
OTHER EVENTS 4 reports
Landing gear related mishaps
Gear collapse during landing 2 reports (Be33; Be35)
Wheel separation during landing 1 report (Be36)
Impact during landing
“Runway overrun/door open after liftoff/attempted to land on remaining runway/nose gear collapse” 1 report (Be33)
BEECH AERO CLUB Series: 1 report
By Aircraft Type
Be23 Musketeer/Sundowner 1 report
Environment
Operation in VMC: 0 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 0 reports
Operation at night: 0 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 0 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 0 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 1 report
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 0 reports
OTHER EVENTS 1 report
Unknown
Landing/unknown 1 report (Be23)
MISCELLANEOUS Models: 0 reports
Environment
Operation in VMC: 0 reports
Operation in IMC: 0 reports
Weather “unknown” or “not reported”: 0 reports
Operation at night: 0 reports
Most Serious Injury
“Serious” injury accidents (not involving fatalities): 0 reports
Fatal accidents: 0 reports
Aircraft damage
“Substantial” damage: 0 reports
Aircraft “destroyed”: 0 reports
PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF CAUSE
(all subject to update per official findings):
FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY EVENTS 0 reports
OTHER EVENTS 0 reports
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