Beech B24R accident near College Park, MD
On April 23, 1994, a Beech B24R (airplane) was involved in an accident near College Park, MD. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 23, 1994
- Place
- College Park, MD
- Aircraft
- Beech B24R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.990°N, 76.950°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01040
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On Saturday, April 23, 1994, at 1404 eastern daylight time, a Beech 24R, N9353S, operated by the Fort Bragg Flying Activity Club of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, collided with a building after an aborted landing on runway 33 at the College Park Airport, College Park, Maryland. The certificated commercial pilot and the three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The flight originated from the Fort Bragg Airport at 1215, with the pilot and one passenger on board. The flight stopped over at the Rocky Mount-Wilson Airport, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and two additional passengers embarked the airplane. The flight was destined for the College Park Airport. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the personal cross-country flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. An electronic technician working at the College Park Airport was located outside, next to runway 33 when he observed the accident airplane. He wrote the following: The airplane touched down and bounced up...on the runway. It then bounced two more times. Each time it bounced the nose gear would hit first and fold back into the cowling, then the main gear would hit down. Each bounce (three of them) was followed by a bang. At the top of the third bounce, full power came on to the engine. It sounded O.K. to me all the way to impact...The plane after power was added slowly started to climb up. It started a very slow drift to the left and was very mushy and looked to be very stable though mushy in flight. The flaps and gear were down. The flaps were about half way down.
Probable cause
the pilot's improper flare and delayed recovery from the bounced landing. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to retract the landing gear during the aborted landing; the exceeded allowable gross weight; and the unfavorable wind condition.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
