Beechcraft 58 N1808L

Summary

On 25 June 1982 at about 22:40 local time, a Beechcraft 58 registered N1808L, operated by Victor Airways Inc., was involved in an accident near Madison, Mississippi, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 June 1982 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Madison, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

Bruce Campbell (MBO)

Coordinates

32.4499, -90.1006

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58

Registration

N1808L

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Victor Airways Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Madison → Madison

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FKQ16

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING FLIGHT, THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED AFTER LIGHT TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE PROCEDURE, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE OWNER'S MANUAL, TO SECURE AND CLOSE THE DOOR. AS A PRECAUTION, HE CANCELED THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT, AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT TO LAND. JUST BEFORE TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG, THE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED AGAIN. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH WITHOUT RECLOSING THE DOOR. THE DOOR BEGAN TO BUFFET AND LEFT RUDDER WAS USED TO COMPENSATE FOR YAW AND DRAG. WHILE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED. POWER WAS APPLIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION. THE PLANE RESPONDED IN A SEVERE NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY BANKING SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AS THE OCCUPANTS EGRESSED FROM THE PLANE, IT BEGAN TO BURN AND WAS DESTROYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.