Beech 58 incident near Jacksonville, Florida, April 15, 1988
On April 15, 1988 at about 11:19 pm local time, a Beech 58, registered N796Q, suffered minor damage in an incident near Jacksonville, Florida (Craig Municipal airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 15, 1988 · about 11:19 pm local time
- Place
- Jacksonville, Florida · Craig Municipal
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech 58 · all 58s on the register
- Registration
- N796Q · no longer on the register · serial TH-43
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED EVIDENCE THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE GEAR WAS UP AND LOCKED AT THE TIME THE ACFT LANDED.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,615 hours in all; 253 in this make and model; 352 in the last 90 days; 3,356 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,933 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 19, 1987; 254 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,400 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental IO-520-C1CB (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Flight Express, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: 8A4 Marietta GA at 9:47 pm
- Destination: CRG Jacksonville FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 22, 4,001 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: dusk
- Wind: from 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 77°F (25°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 11:26 pm from CRG
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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