Accident · 1994-06-27

NTSB case LAX94FA266 · BEECH C23 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1994-06-27
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: BEECH C23 (N2132W)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: PACIFIC FLIGHT SERVICES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): PACIFIC FLIGHT SERVICES

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED DURING GO-AROUND FROM AN ABORTED LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGMENT OF SPEED AND DISTANCE TO THE RUNWAY WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT DURING THE LANDING, INADVERTENT PORPOISE, AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

Source: NTSB case LAX94FA266

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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